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Neilay

How do I make a PDF downloadable with dialog box with save as option. I have PDF as a link but I would rather make it a download.
 
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Steve Easton

Either place a note by the link telling the viewer to right click and then select Save as, or place
it in a zipped file with WinZip which will force a download.



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Neilay said:
How do I make a PDF downloadable with dialog box with save as option. I have PDF as a link but I
would rather make it a download.
 
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wp

I addition, you can create an alt text to pop up on mouseover, telling the user to rightclick to save the file and keep unwanted text from cluttering up the page


----- Neilay wrote: ----

How do I make a PDF downloadable with dialog box with save as option. I have PDF as a link but I would rather make it a download.
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

Would have to use the Title Attribute, as the Alt text in NS 6 and up browsers only displays if the
image doesn't display, no longer on mouse over, etc.

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wp said:
I addition, you can create an alt text to pop up on mouseover, telling the user to rightclick to
save the file and keep unwanted text from cluttering up the page.
----- Neilay wrote: -----

How do I make a PDF downloadable with dialog box with save as option. I have PDF as a link
but I would rather make it a download.
 
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Andrew Murray

place it in a ZIP file (i.e. Winzip or other compression utilitiy) - you can't
download it by default, as it opens in the pdf reader (if the user has it), or
else attempts to open in something else by prompting with the "Open With"
dialogue listing all the apps on your machine.


The only other way is to right click the link and "Save Link as" or "Save Target
As" (depends on the browser)
which will then save to a local machine and location specified by the user.


Neilay said:
How do I make a PDF downloadable with dialog box with save as option. I have
PDF as a link but I would rather make it a download.
 
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