pr0gr4mm3r — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:09:33 +0000

One thing you could do is dedicate a directory to downloading files. Put an .htaccess file in that directory and put in this code:

<Files *.*>
ForceType applicaton/octet-stream
</Files>

Then use regular tags to link to the files in that directory.

Reece S — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:45:37 +0000

Hi, Sorry about that then, I cannot think of another way to do it. I am not sure that browsers like this behaviour anyways.
Like I said, it take about 2 seconds to Zip the file, and it will make visitors happier, as it will compress them, and make them quicker to download.
Plus a lot of people (including myself) are not too happy about downloading a direct file.
This is because they dont have chance to scan the file before they download, you might think of the term: "Risk it for a biscuit". whereas in a zip file, it is contained until the user is satisfied they have done a thourough safety check.
I know you dont intend to upload a virus, but how do your visitors know that, just the other day I gave Microsoft a bolocking for giving me a sh!t load of rubbish for my browser, i scanned it and i found 2 spyware contained inside the zip file.
If they gave me the files unzipped, the virus would have had chance to distribute itself around my pc.

So you understand what I am saying?

Maxal — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:05:37 +0000

Thanx for the prompt help ChildOfEvil, but unfortunately your trick isn't working for me Though I corrected one "o" of "onDownload", but still it didn't work. Here is my complete code with image name/location:

<a href="javascript:onDownload.startDownload('http://www.thebest404s/images/stories/autoxd1.gif', onDownloadDone)"><img src="http://www.thebest404s/images/stories/autoxd1.gif" alt="autoxd1.gif" title="autoxd1.gif" style="margin: 5px; width: 300px; height: 201px" border="0" height="201" width="300" /></a>'

Reece S — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:08:12 +0000

Hi, welcome to TWF.

I believe this is what you need...

<P>Click 
<A HREF="javascript:oDownload.startDownload('img.jpg', onDownloadDone)">here</A> to download this 
image.

Let me know how it goes.