Posted by Harlan Messinger on 10/17/06 12:32

Paul Jones wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a download button on my website where the user can choose to
> download an MP3 file. How do I take the user to the standard "Save As"
> dialog in XP rather than to play the MP3 (which is all I've managed to
> do thus far)? If possible, I'd rather avoid asking the user to
> right-click over the button and choose "Save Target As".

If the user wants to listen to it now, why is it your business to tell
him to download it and listen to it later? Or vice versa?

What happens when the user clicks a link to a non-HTML resource depends
on how his browser is configured. You can't change that.

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