Save Target As

[VanderBOOM]

Hi everybody,

I'm looking for a way to activate a download procedure without right-clicking on a link and using the 'save target as' option. My goal is to let the the 'save target as' procedure start after a click on a button. I don't know if this is possible in JavaScript. I hope somebody has an idea to lead me in the right direction.

Regards Hans

[Rob]

just use
document.location.href = 'downloads/myfile.zip'

[VanderBOOM]

Hello Rob,

Thanks for your reply,

I tried using:

Originally Posted by Rob

just use
document.location.href = 'downloads/myfile.zip'

in my case

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document.location.href = 'Muziek/A%20Brand%20New%20Year%20(LR).mp3'

but this results in blanking the frame in which the button was pressed, and then nothing happens. Only after pushing the Refresh button in IE, Quicktime starts up with the loaded song. Also Dreamweaver starts complaining that the

"Document has been modified outside of Dreamweaver. Do you want to reload it ?"

.
somehow I don't understand this. If I use i.e.

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document.location.href = '1024DownloadOrange01.htm'

it loads the page into the frame in which the button was pressed without problems. Do you have any idea why this happens ?

Back to my wish: what I really want is to get the Windows menu 'Save As' so I can save the file to my computer in stead of listening to it.
Any idea ?

Regards Hans

[Rob]

What you need is a server side technology such as PHP / ASP to serve the file with a specific mime-type to force download.... I dont think this is going to be possible with javascript

[VanderBOOM]

Thanks Rob,

I will look further in that direction,

Regards Hans