Posted by Harlan Messinger on 11/24/06 13:31

David wrote:
> 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.

It's up to your users whether they want to save it to their hard drives
(in IE and Firefox, for example, by right-clicking the link and
selecting the option to save the link's destination). Certainly it can't
make any difference to you if they want to look at it in their browsers
and not save it.

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