file downloading

[JazzLeg]

hi
I have a page where i've used href="file//etc... for several different documents.

When a user clicks this link I would like the file to be downloaded to the users computer using the normal save as dialog box.

But, when the files are text files it just opens these files in another explorer window. Is there away to avoid this so that the users can only download these files?

Many thanks

 

[docjohn52]

Why not just zip em?

Just a thought...

The Doc

 

[BigBadDave]

You can use:

<a href=&quot;file.txt&quot; onClick=&quot;javascript:document.execCommand ('SaveAs',1,'file.txt'); return
true;&quot;>Save File</a>

Regards
David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[BigBadDave]

Or with ASP header:

download.asp?dFile=file.txt

<%

Response.Buffer = True

Dim dFile

dFile = Request(&quot;dFile&quot;)

Response.AddHeader(&quot;content-disposition&quot;,&quot;attachment; filename=&quot; & dFile)

%>

Regards
David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com