Downloadable files problem

[ruxique]

I have to make some pdf and doc documents downloadable from the site, I've made the correct links to them, but, instead of asking for download these documents, they are just opening into the site window.

Can somebody help me to solve this problem?

Thanks in advance

[choster]

This is a factor of the user's configuration, i.e. if they have their preferences set to display such documents using a browser plugin instead of opening the application or prompting to save, you can't force those options.

Try offering a ZIP file. The user's plugins won't be able to detect "their" file inside the archive, so the user will have to extract it to view locally.

[NameNick]

Hi,

You could use those (PHP¦CGI) scripts to force the download of a file. The script makes the browser open a download dialogue where the users can save the file to thier computer.

NN

[DrDoc]

Welcome to Webmaster World, ruxique! :)

[ruxique]

Thank you all.

I will make my downloadable files as .zip. I think it will fit my client needs. (Because I'm not good at PHP/CGI :))

Ruxique