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Posted by Matt Clara on 11/22/94 11:38
"Rob McAninch" <rob_13@excite.com> wrote in message
news:Xns974DA735AB6AFrock13com@216.196.97.142...
> Toby Inkster <usenet200601@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote in
> <news:9qbt93-736.ln1@ophelia.g5n.co.uk> :
>
> > me wrote:
> >
> >> Currently when I link to a Wave file using a <A href> tag it
> >> is downloaded into the browser page and played by Quicktime.
> >> I would like to give the user an option of either saving or
> >> opening the file, as happens eg when a ZIP file is
> >> downloaded.
>
> As stated, they already have the option.
>
> > ZIP up your WAV file.
>
> Typically a binary file compresses little. The user may or may
> not have a utility to unzip the file. And for all we know the
> user may have a zip utility configured as a plug-in to unzip the
> file on the fly.
>
> This question has been beaten to death, the merits and the
> caveats.
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?
> as_q=force+a+file+download&as_ugroup=alt.html
>
> (Get that all on one line.)
>
<http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=force+a+file+download&as_ugroup=alt.ht
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Regards,
Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com
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