Re: OT - How to code a link to download a file (program file)

Ave, To be honest, I don't think it's OT. I ran into a similar problem quite a while back, working on a File Manager application programmed in PHP/mySQL. I used the following 'fore-download' header in php which assured the user present with a Save Dialog box to download the file, and not open the file in IE. <?php header("Content-Description: File Transfer"); header("Content-Type: application/force-download"); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".basename($F)); @readfile($F); ?> $F was the filename passed as a variable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rahul Sitaram Johari CEO, Twenty Four Seventy Nine Inc. W: http://www.rahulsjohari.com E: sleepwalker@rahulsjohari.com ³I morti non sono piu soli ... The dead are no longer lonely² On 3/26/07 3:43 PM, "Richard Lynch" <ceo@l-i-e.com> wrote: > On Sun, March 25, 2007 8:41 am, Lorin Lund wrote: >> I have a web site where I have posted some programs I have written as >> shareware. >> >> <a href="myprogram-setup.exe">click here to download</a> >> >> works great with mozilla but with MS IE it tries to display the >> program. >> What is the simplest way to set it up so that the user just clicks on >> the >> link and the program gets downloaded for storage/execution on their >> system? > > http://richardlynch.blogspot.com