HTML - How To Allow Someone To Download A File From Server
I have a scenario where a user uploads any file (any format) to a webserver, the webserver manipulates the file then allows the user to download the file.
So far I can successfully upload a file to the server. However I am having trouble allowing the user to download a file. I read that streaming the file from the server to the user is better then providing a link to the file on the server. However with my attempts at streaming, I often find the file contents being displayed on the page. Whereas I simply want the file to be downloaded to the users hard disk, or preferably an option that allows the user to accept or decline before downloading the file. Could anyone please give me an example? Similar Tutorialsforce download via server side scripting e.g. php <------ DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS??? I want to have downloads on my site, but dont want to use zip files or the "right click, save as" garbage.... Hi: I would like the senior folks of my mobile home Park to be able to download a .pdf telephone directory file of our 600 home Park. I have created the file, and I'll be placing it on my Apache Server -- probably in my '..\images\' directory. Question: Would someone please give me an example of the html code needed to download a file of this type ? Thank you. -Mel I would like to allow people to download a file from my site by clicking a button. I can display the button and direct it to the file but I don't know how to start the download process. I won't have multiple files, just 1 file. I was looking for a command but came up empty. Hi Guys I run a website for my pub/club and I want to add a button to a page that will allow visitors to download an application form for our new competition. I edit pages etc in frontpage 2003 I want them to be able to download it from the site and print it out to return. Any advise on how to do this? thanks John www.wylamleisure.co.uk/sunderlandsgottalent.htm Thats the page it's to go on Does anyone know how I can enable someone to download a file from my website? I don't know if this is html or not. Is there any way to word a hyperlink so that it puts up the SaveFile dialogue so the user can save the hyperlink's target to their hard drive? Hi all, I have saved files in a folder. Everyday I am saving file with same name but daily dates included in the name. I want to just send the link of the file everyday that I don't have to change the name of the link provided to the user but with the different name behind the link. When user click the link it should give user option to "open and save" dialogue box. For this purpose I have tried some option. A window opened behind dialogue box and after complete download it is not closing itself. So I have required following: 1. User to give option with open and save dialogue box. 2. The browser window should close itself after download file complete or it should open, just give open and save option. Hope everyone will understand. Zia. What code do I put in my php file to prevent people from viewing it and remote downloading it? Don't get me wrong, I still want the php file accessible for the viewer to load it and use it but I dont want them view the source code or download it. Thank you. how do i put up a file for download on a homepage? hi everyone! i d like your help on how to put an icon on my site to correspond to a wav file, and how to allow the users to be able to download it. do u know any piece of code to do this? Thanks! Hi all, I need to have a link on my web page which allows the user to download a file on the c: drive of my web server. Basically when they click the link they will be prompted to download this file. Any ideas on how this can be done? I tried the following on FF but it does not work... <a href="file:///C:/testUpload/CA_P1470H_2008-1209-143322.xls">major_bob_12-09.xls</a> Thanks in advance for any help. Hello Everyone, I am putting together a web site that will allow folks to listen to some audio files (.mp3). I do not want them to have the ability to down load them. Do do this, I create an href to the file: <a href="birdcall001.mp3"> This seems to work fine in Microsoft's IE. Microsoft IE brings up the audio player and plays the file. However if I use the Firefox browser, a dialog box comes up and gives the user the choice to listen to the file or to download it. Is there a way to prevent Firefox from giving the user the option to download the file? New to this, but having a lot of fun! Thanks for any help! Steve Told you I was new at this. Additional testing shows: They can also download the file in IE by simply right clicking on the reference. So I guess the real question is "is there a way to allow users to listen to a .mp3 file, but prevent them from downloading the file" Thanks for any insight! I need to create a link on my company's website. Once the users click the link, it should download an excel file. the file is dynamic and it should change according to the person that logs in.. I am new to html. can you guys provide me ideas to do this... Thanks Ragha Hi, I am a noob at programming. But I am making my site at the moment where I am uploading pdf files. Could anybody tell me how I can do a view count (please be simple and assume I know not much). Best, Lovjit Hello, I have a simple web page that contains an href link. When a user left clicks the link I would like to download a file. Testing the page local to my pc works fine, but when I uploaded in a Server, didn't worked correctly. Instead of downloading the file, it actually opens the file. What should I change? I am using a vserver in Plesk enviroment if that is of any use. Should I change something to the server? when you go here - http://finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.cs...SFT&f=snd1l1yr the web browser begins to download the csv file corresponding to the parameters provided in the given url. i need a script that will download this file and display the content in html format on the users web browser. thx in advance, -wizardking I'm relatively novice in web page development. In my recent work it is required to let user browse thro' web server files system, similarly as one can do it with <input type=file> tag. What I learnt is, there in no equivalent input tag to do so. Is there any other way to do accomplish this task Hi, I have a very simple website with a countdown timer on it (http://lemoeonline.freehostia.com/1.htm sorry about all the crap, it should only really have the countdown on it....I forgot to delete the rest). What I am wanting to do is have a separate webpage where users can download that page, but with a date they specify in a form. So, they would go to page a, enter a date, then download page b witch would have the customized code in it......Is this possible? Im not really sure where to start on this one, so im looking for any suggestions! Thanks alot, Lemoe I want to load a local html file in an IFrame. The main page is loaded from a remote site (http://www.mysite.com). How can I do that if I don't have a web server installed on the local machine? Is there any workaround? Thank you! I have a pdf file that is the catalog for my business. Is there a way to make it so that i can create a link that says "view" and if people click on it, then the standard "FILE DOWNLOAD" box does not come up... and it just opens the file in a separate window.... and have a "download" link where if they click that... then it just downloads the file. I know that i am weird... but i think it would be something that not everybody has... and something that would be kinda cool. Thanks in advance.... Mark |