Posted by Sid on 11/24/06 18:20

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:33:58 -0500, Harlan Messinger
<hmessinger.removethis@comcast.net> wrote:

: Sid wrote:
: > On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:36:53 -0000, "David" <none@none.com> 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.
: >
: > The easiest way is to zip it. Even grannies know 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?


Read the OP's requirements.

"...to download a file to their computer to save on their hard drive
as opposed to just being displaying in their browser?"

You didn't see that??

Sid

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