Re: Downloading Files

Edward,

I'm sure there are other ways that I'm not aware of, but for all intensive
purposes you're right, it's the browser.  In general, the windows you
mentioned will appear when a user clicks on a link to a type of file that
the browser can't display.  So usually anything besides a text, HTML, or
image file will invoke these windows.  However, it also depends on other
software you have installed on your computer.  Microsoft likes to integrate
everything so tightly that with certain combinations of its software, the
download option is taken away from you.  For instance, if you use IE as your
browser and certain versions of their office products, the document will
appear to open right inside your browser.

Steve

> From time to time, I download files from various web sites. Usually
updates
> to drivers, etc... When I do, I click on the download button, or some
> similar method to indicate that I want to begin downloading the file(s).
> When I do, I get a nice window that asks if I want to save to disk or open
> the file, when I click on save to disk I get another nice window that
allows
> me to select a destination and to begin the download. It also tells me the
> progress and alerts me when done (I am guessing that these are browser
> features?). How do you do that? Is it simply making the downloadable file
a
> link and the browser takes over, or is there some mystical scripting
> involved?

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