Re: Downloading Files

Edward:

Very simple. Just use the following example of a Word file:

<a href="name_of_file.doc">Visible Name on Page

Side Note: For .doc files -- Should you be using IE4+ and also have Word on
your machine, IE may automatically "morph" into Word and display the file.
In which case, you would save the file from Word in the normal manner.

Most other file formats would react in the manner you describe.

Best wishes
Ted Temer
Temercraft Designs Redding, CA
temer(at)c-zone.net
www.temercraft.com/
www.newsredding.com/


> Grettings,
>
> >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?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Edward Springer
>
>

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