I want to create a button (in flash 8) that once clicked will download a file to the users' pc. It's a common button but there doesnt seem to be many tutorials on this subject.
View 2 RepliesI have a few buttons rigged up for downloading word.doc, mp3 etc
Problem is its opening the file rather than giving a download this file option.
i can only find info on this using AS3.i, however, am still using AS2.i need to create a button that a user can click to download an MP3.the only thing i could think to do was use a getURL, but when i do that, it opens the MP3 file and starts playing it in the browser. i need it to open a "Save As" dialogue, instead. I'm totally stuck on this one.the MP3 for download is located in a folder called "music" (music/A.mp3)
View 6 RepliesI have a PDF I want to make downloadable via a button. Is there an action scrip command i can put on a button so the file can be downloaded?
View 3 RepliesHow do I create a download button for a song I have on my server. I just want a download window to pop out without the user having to leave the page.I tried this in the actions layer frame but it took me to the page only to listen to the song.[code]
View 10 Repliesi am trying to make a button that when clicked will prompt the user to downalod a file to a target directory of the users choice. I have tried using URLRequest but it just opens the mp3 on another window with qiucktime which, i suspect, will happen with most users. is there a simple way to do this? i have no problem creating the button its just the function code for the button im lost on.url...
View 2 RepliesI'm making a presentation in flash. I want users to be able to click on a button and download a jpeg file.
View 1 RepliesTried to use geturl and that does not solve, for I want the button click to cause the browser to actually download the file, not play it. With geturl, some browsers will play the mp3 and the user is left wondering still how to download it to their own computer.
This is code I was trying to use to cause button link to cause file to be downloaded. I have 6 files, was going to make this for each button. But it doesn't work.
ActionScript Code:
demo_audio.mtdemo.onPress=function()
{
var request:URLRequest=new URLRequest("fielnamehere.mp3");
[Code]...
How do I make a button allow the viewer to download a .doc file? I've used this code to open a pdf file in a new window and it works but not for a .doc??
on (press, release) {
getURL("myfile.pdf", "_blank");
}
So I basically have used the fileReference class to allow the user to download a determined file if he wants to.
I use the file.download(URL) function and it works well.
However, the file is downloaded and saved to the hard drive using only the flash player. The browser is not aware of the download, and thus, if I want to show the progress of the download I'd have to make some progress bar myself. I know how to do it, but it would become really tedious and take too much UI space.
Isn't there a damn way in Flash to "send" a determined file to the browser so that it prompts the user to download it? It's an image file, so navigateToURL doesn't cut it since it will just display the image, both if I use a new tab or the current one.
I want a user to press an excel button and get prompted to download an excel file. I normally do it like this:
var dest:String = excelEndpoint;
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest();
request.url = dest;
fr.download( request,'Locates.xls' );
fr.addEventListener(HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_STATUS, handleStatus);
fr.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, handleErr);
[Code]...
I would like to know if there is any way to find out the destination path of the saved file using the download() method of the filereference class.Cos if that is possible then i could do navigateToURL(_path,_blank) to open that downloaded file in browser Or if there is any other way to do this i would like to know. [If any other thread exists please link to it which answers this]
View 1 RepliesI know I'm missing something really simple. I am trying to create a next button that will call the next swf file from my folder, so far this is what I have:
ActionScript Code:
//intial load
loadMovie("1.swf","_level0.mainViewer")
//set swfNum var
var swfNum = 1;
[code]...
i am new to actionscript i need to download .mp3 and vedio file form my remote server how to do this give me any example source code for this.when i download .pdf its downloading properly. but not audio.
View 1 RepliesI create a download progress event but I need tu use it seral time and the text apear only one time.[code]No problem for the first click, but after the progress text dont't appaear.
View 4 RepliesI wanna have a btn that when pressed will create a download prompt,to what what ever file i want,
View 4 RepliesI am currently finishing off a flash project that I began using FlashMX (with action script 1).It is a language teaching tool which will be viewed both online, and will be also put on CD.I would really like the swf to fill the user's entire screen.I have tried a few things with javascript in the html file that haven't worked. I would greatly appreciate any tips on how to:
1. Create a toggle button for full screen in my flash file
2. Make the swf take up the entire browser window (width="100%" height="100%" doesn't seem to work)
3. Create a standalone version for CD that fills the user's entire screen
I'm trying to download a zip file through Flash via a php file using this code:
FLASH:
getURL("download.php?filename=TheFileName.zip");
PHP:
<?php
// download.php
[code]....
Trouble is when I run Flash, the dialog box for the download just picks up the php file and not the zip file.
I'm developing Flash for a CD.I want to create a button for the user to click and then have a choice to save or open file (like PDF or Word file).
i have the following code:
Code:
myButton.onRelease = function()
{
getURL("abc.doc");
}
I can't see anything wrong with the above. I intend to use the code for a CD ROM.abc.doc will sit on the CD ROM. When I click on the button, it opens a browser window and tries to go to google.com.I had it working the other day.
I need to create a full page flash file that overlays a webpage. Something like the example in this link.
I have figured out how to create the flash file which will overlay the page, with all elements centered, from here: kirupa forums tutorial.
The only thing I cannot figure out is how to attach the Close button which would come at the top right. AS3 is not allowing me to attach any behaviour to the button, neither does it allow me to put actionscript there. I am in dire straits.
I'm a teacher, and so animations are a God-send. However, the internet in my school can often be a little temperamental and so I like to download flash files, often embedding them into a PPT presentation.However, as of late, I've come across a few that I just can't seem to download. Please note that I am not after the credit for these files, or any way to edit them, I just want to be able to download them to show at my will, regardless of the internet working.The file that I'm currently struggling is a great animation on rocks and the rock cycle:
[URL]
I can download the SWF, but it will do nothing but sit at "Loading: 1%"...Is it even possible to download this file?The same has been true of files over at eChalk - our school has a subscription, but again, if the internet plays up, no animations.
I know I was thought to make a download button. I just want to ad a download button to my site.
View 2 Repliesi have a button made in flash and im using it for a sidebar navigation in my dreamweaver site can i make the button open/download a pdf?
View 5 Repliesi have a button and a pdf file located in my website directory, i would like to have it so that when you click the button the pdf opens in a separate window. I know this might be a repost but i'm hoping you can direct me in the right direction.also this is the code i have now,
on (release){
getURL("x.pdf","_blank");
}
[code].....
I have a photo gallery and would like to make the user download his picture with the release of a button. The problem is i do not want the person to see the jpg picture since he already saw the swf.
View 2 Repliesi have a pdf in my public_html and a button on my site that links to a PDF but when i click the button it opens the PDF in a browser window, is there a way to save directly to the desktop? without opening in a browser window or zipping the file?
View 1 RepliesI'm setting up a new resume website in Flash CS5, and I have created a button so people can click the button to download a copy of my PDF resume, but how to I program the button so it downloads the PDF file?
View 12 RepliesBasically I created a flash site and uploaded it onto the server provider the client chose using cute ftp. That's all fine but now they want to add a link enabling the viewer to download a PDF straight to their desktop. As I can't upload a PDF file to the Flash library, was wondering if anyone had any tips on creating this function?
View 2 RepliesI am working on a project where the user can click a button to download a pdf file. My issue is that it works fine, until you try to download it in IE. IE shows something happen, but then nothing happens... looks as though you download the file but then when you go to look for it, its not there. I have tried 2 different methods, both work until, like i said I bring it into IE. [code]...
View 1 RepliesI want my flash site to convert currency.Therefore I want it to get the currency rates from internet.At first, I wanted to do it by using web services but the one free I found : [URL] doesn't work properly So I decided to use another way by getting my rates from the
following RSS file :
[URL]
All is ok, I got the rates I am interested in by parsing the RSS .But all is ok when I am testing locally, when I put my file on my hosting server, the rates cannot be retrieved anymore, it looks as if there is a connection problem.