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Posted by Harlan Messinger on 11/24/06 13:33
Sid wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:36:53 -0000, "David" <none@none.com> wrote:
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> : Is there any way with html to put in a link which clicking on will allow a
> : visitor to my site to download a file to their computer to save on their
> : hard drive as opposed to just being displaying in their browser?
> :
> : E.g. to download word .doc files. I want them to be able to click on a link
> : on a webpage and a message to pop up saying do you want to download this
> : file and they can click yes and save it on their computer.
>
> The easiest way is to zip it. Even grannies now how to unzip these
> days. Or make it a self-executable.
>
> That way they are forced to download it, and not open/view it.
Why would you make your users go through the trouble of saving a ZIP
file, extracting a Word file from it, and opening the Word file on their
machine, just to have a look at it?
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