Re: FLASH: What action to download to disk?

[DRMRLPLS]

In a message dated 8/24/00 10:55:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

craigosa [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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