Is there a way to specify that a file be Download <!--more-->ed (either saved or opened in the appropriate app)? I've never seen any special code for this, but the site I'm working on just doesn't seem to function properly. If I click a link to a Word doc, it opens as if Word is a plug-in to IE. Ditto for .pdf files. Acrobat opens as a plug-in. There is a BACK button to return to the page that contains the original link.<br />
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Any ideas what's going on?<!--content-->place the file you want to be Download <!--more-->ed into a zip file and then have the link hook to the zip file.. it will then promt them to either open or to save to disk<!--content-->Thanks for the suggestion, but is that the only way? There are going to be people (read AOL users, for one) who won't know what to do with a zip file. Besides, the zip file shouldn't be required.<!--content-->lol sorry mate I dont cater to AOL users .. thats the only way I know how to do it .. if you figure it out let me know<!--content-->i came across this thread the other day... hope it helps
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<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=498299">http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthrea ... did=498299</a><!-- m --><!--content-->Thanks for that. Not looking very promising, is it? Guess we'll just have to live with having the documents open in the browser.<br />
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Thanks again, guys.<!--content-->You could always tell them to right click and press 'save target as'
<!--content-->Yeah, but I don't want to get into teaching people how to use their computers. There will be a large number of older users, and it needs to be as close to point-and-click as possible.<!--content-->
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Any ideas what's going on?<!--content-->place the file you want to be Download <!--more-->ed into a zip file and then have the link hook to the zip file.. it will then promt them to either open or to save to disk<!--content-->Thanks for the suggestion, but is that the only way? There are going to be people (read AOL users, for one) who won't know what to do with a zip file. Besides, the zip file shouldn't be required.<!--content-->lol sorry mate I dont cater to AOL users .. thats the only way I know how to do it .. if you figure it out let me know<!--content-->i came across this thread the other day... hope it helps
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<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=498299">http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthrea ... did=498299</a><!-- m --><!--content-->Thanks for that. Not looking very promising, is it? Guess we'll just have to live with having the documents open in the browser.<br />
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Thanks again, guys.<!--content-->You could always tell them to right click and press 'save target as'
<!--content-->Yeah, but I don't want to get into teaching people how to use their computers. There will be a large number of older users, and it needs to be as close to point-and-click as possible.<!--content-->