File Download

[LaneyVC50]

I am looking for a way of invoking the "File Download/Save As" window when a visitor to my site clicks on a link, so that they can download it, rather than have the file open in it's native program.

At the moment, I either have to tell people to "right click and save as" or post the file as a zip file.


Any ideas would be greatly appreciated

 

[BigBadDave]

You can use:

<a href=&quot;file.txt&quot; onClick=&quot;javascript:document.execCommand ('SaveAs',1,'document.doc'); return
true;&quot;>Save File</a>

Or with a server-side header:

&quot;content-disposition&quot;,&quot;attachment; filename=document.doc&quot; Regards
David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[vvlad]

There might be a way, if you have access to IIS.

Save the files you want to download in a new directory, for which you add a new HTTP header (IIS - Properties), like this:

Header-Name: Content-Disposition
Header-Value: attachment

Now, the links to the files should open the &quot;File Download/Save As&quot; window when you click them, instead of openning the files.

This works for me in most of the cases, but I think there might be a bug in IE, sometimes it opens the files. The Microsoft site might have more info about this.



vlad