How to make button download file

[gkbdave]

I was wondering if someone can help me.. I want to make a animated button that when click on, it downloads a file.. I have been looking every where for a tutorial or info but no luck.. Can this be done?? or am I wasting my time?
Thanks..

[bruixot]

I'd guess that if you set getURL to a .zip/.mp3/.exe etc (whatever file you wanted to be downloaded) the user's system, be it Windows, Mac, Linux or any of the others, will automatically recognize that it's in a format that can't be displayed in a browser window and will offer the user the option to download it or not.

So set the button action to :
on (release) {
getURL ("http://www.whatever.com/dlThis.zip");
}
rather than directing it to an .html.

Please tell me if this works for you.

[gkbdave]

Hey thanks.. .I will try it tomorrow morning.. Its a word document and a PDF document that needs to be downloadable.. Hope it works.. Thanks again

[bruixot]

.doc or .rtf (word) will be downloadable. .pdf will open in the browser window using the Adobe Reader. If you're offering .pdf's, put in a link to the Adobe website for the user to download the Reader in case they don't have it installed.

Who says there's no bonding between Adobe and Macromedia eh?? ;-)

[gkbdave]

thanks for the tip.. I will definetely do that....