Preserved Topic: Open a file when page loads? (Page 1 of 1)

You know how download sites, direct you to a page and then a few seconds later the file you want opens for download, I want to learn how to make a file open for download when I load a page, I have never doen this and I couldn't find helpful information on the net... So like always I should have asked it here first...

meta refresh to the .exe

thanks a bunch, I tried that but i guess I did it wrong the first time.... it works fine now....

[This message has been edited by Synthetic (edited 03-29-2002).]

Why would you want to do that? That whole proccess is annoying. I mean if someone wants to download something just give a link to the file and it will pop-up automaticly. Why force it on someone?

Dark

There are some reasons, including going to a page with more info about the download, advertising, tracking/statistics, etc.

Ah I see

Dark

Just read an article about this, "Web surfers brace for pop-up downloads", over at Cnet news.com. This is a technology that can be used or abused, used for neato-keen "wizards" to help you get what you were after, and abused by tricking people into installing carp and spyware they didn't want or need. Use with caution.

Your pal, -doc-

"a particularly troublesome tactic that some have dubbed 'drive-by download.'"

Now that's amusing!