[tomkos123]

im making a website exclusively with flash mx
its for a friends band,
and they want visitors to be able to doenload some of their tracks

is there a simple bit of javasript or actionscript that will enable a visitor to download an external file from within the website?

any help much appreciated!
googling download and flash isnt very helpful! he

[ChadC]

usually just linking to the file will download it.

am i missing something?

[tomkos123]

when you link directly to a file it just tries to play the file in the same window
which is a bit annoying!

[skalie]

add "target = _blank" to the link, opens in new window

[tomkos123]

thanks for the replies

rather than opening the file,
i just want whoever clicks on the link to download it straight to their computer

[piot]

Originally Posted by tomkos123

thanks for the replies

rather than opening the file,
i just want whoever clicks on the link to download it straight to their computer

Zip it!

[tomkos123]

thankyou!
such a simple idea
not quite as clean as a straightforward download,
but it does the trick!