Enabling user to Download.

**Miscellaneous** · 10-09-2005, 10:40 AM

Need help, Does anyone know how to enable a user to download a file. I want to allow users on my site to be able to download my C.V., how would I do this.

Thanks

**launchpad67** · 10-09-2005, 11:35 AM

What is CV? The easiest way to allow downloads is to 'ZIP' whatever you want downloaded. This forces the user to save the file.

**sportzguy933** · 10-09-2005, 04:44 PM

Yeah, don't know wtf CV is, but .zip is the best for downloads.

**.Tink.** · 10-09-2005, 05:51 PM

or if you have Flash 8 you could use the FileReference object

**gorlummeeguvnor** · 10-09-2005, 06:15 PM

lol - cv = curriculum vitae

**Miscellaneous** · 10-09-2005, 07:06 PM

lol, Yes, C.V. is curriculam Vitae, Im sure many people have heard of the short version, anyway. Can someone please tell me the actioscript, for allowing the user to dowload a pdf. or a zipped version of the pdf,

Thanks

**.Tink.** · 10-09-2005, 07:10 PM

Code:

getURL("myFile.zip", "_blank");

**Miscellaneous** · 10-19-2005, 08:11 PM

Thanks guys,

the link works, but it comes up with an error when un zipping the file,

"an error has occured while expanding the file "file.zip" (Tried to position to before start of file)

can some one tell me how to resolve this. Thanks

**Goliat101** · 10-19-2005, 09:28 PM

Hi, Miscellaneous
On your button insert these lines:

on (release) {
getURL("cv.doc");// for a Word document cv.pdf for Acrobat...
}

This will open the document on the user screen directly. Make sure that the documents are in the same folder. Hope it helped.

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