How do you make a link to cause a download — OZONE Asylum, home of the Mad Scientists

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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Yeh well it entirely depends on what he wants to do, if he is using php could just throw that code in a download.php file then have some (securely checked) get/post variable to determine the file to download. The main reason I use it is to track downloads, and perform login security checks on downloads etc. If its super basic then yeh just do the right click save as, put a message if you feel the need. p.s if you are on a windows server depending on your control panel you might be able to set the 'MIME Types' and add file extensions which will allow people to download it. From memory doing this actually displays the prompt - not 100% sure. Loading...
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