Designating a link open a .cshtml (view) file in a text editor

Question

Is there a way to have a .net webpage link and open a .cshtml (view) page in either in Visual Studio or other text editor?

<a href="/Views/Home/Notes.cshtml">View in Text Editor</a>

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Answer 1

Either place the file in wwwroot or write an action/handler to return a file. Also see your other thread with the same subject.

Path is the absolute path to the file. Keep in mind, Razor Pages are compiled into a binary.

        public async Task<IActionResult> OnPostDownloadFile()
        {
            Byte[] buffer = await System.IO.File.ReadAllBytesAsync(path);
            return File(buffer, "text/html");
        }

The editor that opens the file depends on what applications are installed on the client's machine and how the default settings are configured.