When you click a link to an image or movie or certain other formats the file opens with a designated program.

I was wondering if using a any scripting language at all (server or client side) that I could use to get the file to open in a download box?

Thanks in advance...

~Sk8rRIMuk

most of the server side scripts has a feature like this.. could not get one in mind now..

but hop on to hotscripts.com and try with php.. best bet is that one..

I managed to find this script:

PHP Code:

if(isset($_GET['file']) && file_exists($_GET['file']))
{
  header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
  if (strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], "MSIE 5.5"))
  {
    $attachment = "";
  }
  else
  {
    $attachment = "attachment;";
  }
  header("Content-Disposition: $attachment filename=\"$file\"");
  header("Content-transfer-encoding: binary\n");
  header("Content-length: " . filesize($_GET['file']) . "\n");
  $fp = fopen($_GET['file'], "rb");
  fpassthru($fp);
}
else
{
  print('<span class="errors">Error: </span>');
  print('You did not request a file, please make sure you followed a correct link.');
} 


When you have already downlaoded the file and it's in your cache... it will just open in the window as an image

However if I run a pop-up, get the user to click the downlaod link from there the file opens in a prompt always.

It may in the end go through two files rather than one but that is fine

Thanks for the help.