Javascript seems to work pretty well for this.
<body onLoad="window.open('somefile.zip')">If you put this in a page, the visitor will be prompted to download the file as soon as the page is fully loaded. Best Regards, JOSHUA D. HAYDEN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Octavian Rasnita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 10:52 PM Subject: Redirecting to a page and downloading > Hi all, > > I want to make a script that will start downloading a file when a link is > clicked, then it will redirect to another web page. > Please advice how to do it. > If I put: > print "Location: $path\n\n"; > > ... this will start downloading if the $path is a path to a file, but the > page won't be printed. > > Should I use the <meta http-equiv="refresh" ...> in the web page to print > first the page, then that page to redirect the visitor to that file for > downloading it? > > Is it the only solution? > I would like to need only a script for this. > > Thank you! > > Teddy, > My new email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
