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Subject: Odp: FLASH: What action to download to disk?
From: axel
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 05:23:35 +0100

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axel

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Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 5:12 AM
Subject: Re: FLASH: What action to download to disk?


> In a message dated 8/24/00 10:55:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> craigatosa [dot] att [dot] ne [dot] jp writes:
>
> << I am wondering how to set up a button in Flash that will start a download
> of
> a file, instead of just opening it. My brother's band is using a
> Flash-driven web site and wants to add a couple songs in MP3 format for
> downloading. However, if you use a simple "Get URl ..." it will just open a
> blank window and start to stream the song - not what we want. How do I make
> a button start a download to disk instead?
> >>
> I don't know if you can do that, but one work around is to zip the files and
> just do a get URL to the zip file. Most browsers will then just prompt to
> download the zip file. If the browser recognizes the format of the file, it
> may alway's try to open it itself. This is the only solution I know of so
> far. I'd also be interested in other alternatives.
>
> Andrew
>
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