how to force file download?

[m rastgar]

i have a static html page. i have a link in it to download a pdf file. i want to force download the file, not to open it, when user click on it. but if user had installed acrobotreader in his/her pc, my link open the file directly. but i dont want to act so. i want file to be downloaded. thanks rastgar

[Christian Graus]

You can't force anything with a static HTML page, I don't believe.  You'd have to zip the file.

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[m rastgar]

how about with javascript? Thanks Rastgar

[Vasudevan Deepak Kumar]

You can't go too far with JavaScript either. You can open in a new window.

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[Bradml]

On your server try configing the HTTP headers to include the "Content-disposition" header.

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[David Domingues]

just call a javascript function with an open command to the link in onclick event. Example: open("download/file.pdf","_blank"); this will ask you if you want to open or save.

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