Click link to download

[HumbleSeeker]

I'm pretty sure this isn't possible, but the programming Gurus of this forum have surprised me before.

Is there anyway to have a link to a file and when the user clicks on it it brings up the save as screen rather then opening the file. The file in question is a pdf, so I can't count on it being downloaded.

Thanks for reading this, and thanks if you can help.

 

[4x4uk]

I normally get round that one by creating a zip file of the pdf document. Not sure of any other way to achieve what you want but someone else may know
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[HumbleSeeker]

I've managed to do sort of what I want
Basically what I've done now is produce two functions:

function downLoadNow()
{
if (document.execCommand)
{

parent.pdfFrame.document.execCommand("SaveAs&quot
}
}

function prepareDownload()
{
parent.pdfFrame.location.href = "download/testFile.pdf"
}

I'm using an invisble frame to hold the PDF. I load my main page, which has prepareDownload in it's onload. I then call downLoadNow through a link using the onClick command.

Now the problem is I can't open the downloaded file. I know its a minor inconvience, but its one I'd like to fix. Anyone know how to get the file readable?

Thanks.


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