how to make a downloadable hyperlink

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JoeCool

I would like to create some hyperlinks on my web site that, when clicked, will open up the "save this file" window, like the window that you get if you right-click and select the "save as" option. some of my site users are pretty web-illiterate and i want to make it as easy as possible for them! how do i do this?
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

You would have to Zip the files to be downloaded in order to get the Save As dialog automatically.

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JoeCool said:
I would like to create some hyperlinks on my web site that, when clicked, will open up the "save
Click to expand...
this file" window, like the window that you get if you right-click and select the "save as" option.
some of my site users are pretty web-illiterate and i want to make it as easy as possible for them!
how do i do this?
 
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Jim Buyens

Try the procedure described at:

Offering Files for Download
http://www.interlacken.com/winnt/tips/tipshow.aspx?tip=27

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
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-----Original Message-----
I would like to create some hyperlinks on my web site
Click to expand...
that, when clicked, will open up the "save this file"
window, like the window that you get if you right-click
and select the "save as" option. some of my site users
are pretty web-illiterate and i want to make it as easy
as possible for them! how do i do this?
 
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Andrew Murray

most things open in the browser when you click them.

if you want the download box to come up the most common file that will do this is
the ZIP file for which they need Winzip or another compression utility capable of
reading ZIP format.

The 'easiest' way is to have the pages open in the browser! Why the need for
downloading?

If you have PDF (Acrobat) files then clicking on them will open the file in the
reader (if the user has it) otherwise it will prompt to download, nonetheless
they still need the reader to read the file eventually.


JoeCool said:
I would like to create some hyperlinks on my web site that, when clicked, will
Click to expand...
open up the "save this file" window, like the window that you get if you
right-click and select the "save as" option. some of my site users are pretty
web-illiterate and i want to make it as easy as possible for them! how do i do
this?
 
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sleddog

Jim, I tried this using asp, and when I posted it said it wasn't supported.
Do you know why?
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

You need to check with your host as they may limit what file type can be downloaded.

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