Hi,
I'm building a web page and want to be able initiate the download from my website. I researched a bunch of resources and I haven't been to figure out how in the HTML to cause the download to start. I want to give the user the option to download a file by clicking a button or anchor reference.
Does anyone know how to do code that function into their webpage?
Thanks,
Matt
Hmn, you should be able to just set the reference to the filename.... so in an anchor:
<A HREF="http://www.yourserver.com/yourfile.zip">Your File</A>that's if you want to link to it.... to force it, you may have to use some javascript. Something like:
<BODY onLoad="window.location='http://www.yourserver.com/yourfile.zip';">Thanks Man, much appreciated. its tough being a novice.
Matt
Comatose, I might pay just about any amount to have you around. Your suggestion would help a great deal. Thenks.
Dont forget to drop the caps, not good practice with HTML.
Also remember that some servers do not allow certain kinds of downloads.
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