Fixing ThreadAbortException when using Response.End

I was working with code that allowed the user to save an Excel file by clicking on a link on a web page. The user was then prompted to open, save, or cancel the file. This little code snippet accomplishes this, the MyStream object being a MemoryStream object:

Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "ScottsCoolFile.xls");
Response.Clear();
Response.BinaryWrite(MyStream ().GetBuffer());
Response.End();

The problem with this code is that is throws a ThreadAbortException on the call to Response.End(). I don’t know about you, but this is not what I want happening. Exceptions = bad.

A little research led me to the HttpApplication.CompleteRequest method. So I replaced the last line of the code above, and I then had:

Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "ScottsCoolFile.xls");
Response.Clear();
Response.BinaryWrite(WriteToStream().GetBuffer());
HttpContext.Current.ApplicationInstance.CompleteRequest();

Voila, same functionality, but no exception.