IIS 6.0 on Windows 2003 has a file named metabase.xml which resides in the folder C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv . By default, this file has this entry:
AspBufferingLimit = "4194304"
This limits download size to 4,194,304 bytes (4 MB), and larger files will be silently truncated with no message
from IIS. You can change that to a large value (such as 2000000000
for 2 gigabytes) to allow your Windows 2003 server to send large downloads.
You may need to stop the IIS service before you can save the metabase.xml file and have the change take effect.
This article applies to the following products and methods:
AspUpload when using SendBinary
AspJpeg when using SendBinary
AspPDF when using SaveHTTP or SendBinary
Microsoft ADO file export code using Response.BinaryWrite
Thanks to David Beach of AppWright, Inc. for help with this issue.
