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    How to get PDFs to download to hard drive

    I have created a Flash MX 2004 file that has several Adobe PDF icon buttons. What I want them to do when clicked is download an external PDF to the viewers hard drive.

    I have tried the GetURL action such as:
    on (release) {
    //Goto Webpage Behavior
    getURL("http://www.choreo.com/Speedway/PDFs/SA_Flyer.pdf");
    //End Behavior
    }
    ... and this causes the PDF to open in my browser window and replace my Flash site. I guess I could add "_blank" to force it to open in another window, but is there a way to force the PDFs to just download to the users hard drive without displaying the PDF in a browser window?

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    Senior Member freshly's Avatar
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    try zipping the file maybe it will open automatically in pdf

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    One way to always get your viewers to download a file is to .Zip it. This is not the only way but the easiest. You can also do it with Action Script and a php file but it's so easy to just zip it up.
    Your button script will now look like this:

    on (release) {
    getURL("http://www.choreo.com/Speedway/PDFs/SA_Flyer.zip");
    }

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    Thanks for the response. I will give that a try.

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