i 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 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'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]...
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 RepliesHow 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 created a button in Illustrator and imported to my Flash library. The button has drop shadows, overlay and gradients. It imports and previews just fine until I change it to a button. When I go to preview it, there are these thick red boxes that seems to incase every layer of the button?
View 3 RepliesI have a movie that is going to be playing in our onLine Learning Site. I want to include a link to download a few documents, and I just don't know how to do that.I do Not KNOW what the complete HTTP url will be, just the directory path by that I mean, I know the files will be in "VideoFilesHighRes1.MOV" but I don't have access to the complete URL. This isnt a problem when it comes to loading other Flash objects (IE sounds, different clips etc) For some reason I didn't think the "getURL" request was valid in AS 3.0.....
View 1 Repliesi have a created full flash site and i m ready to upload it on a my server But i want to add a download link to a pdf file in my Site can i just do it by simply adding the following A.S. to the button
download_btn.onRelease = function() {
getURL("myFile.pdf", "_blank");
}
i would be keeping the myfile.pdf in my website folder itself!
I am creating a website to allow users to download a selection of soundfiles. What I'm wondering is how I can create a link in ActionScript 3 which downloads a specified file to the users machine - giving them control over the download location along the way.
View 1 RepliesI 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 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'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 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.
Is there a way to download a file with AS3 code from a server (other than creating a text hyperlink to be clicked), or is there a way to add a file to your library and then show it in you timeline. I am specifically referring to a .pdf file.
View 3 RepliesI want to know how to link a pdf file from flash and make it availble for download?
View 4 Replieshow do I initiate the download function in ActionScript3.0.? (Where a dialogue box will be opened to let my users download a file from my server)
View 8 RepliesIn my AIR app, I have a list of file that needs to be downloaded from remote server. I want to make this download happen sunchronously. [code]...
View 1 RepliesI would like to do this, without the "readfile()" part:
header("Content-type: application/force-download");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary");
header("Content-length: ".filesize($file));
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename="".basename($file).""");
readfile("$file");
Basically I am trying to forward a download to another URL but at the same time I need to be able to set headers like "filename".
The readfile($file) function will not do it for me, because the the $file is not stored on the same server as the PHP script (not even the same datacenter) Is this even possible ? If not via PHP, maybe FLASH could do this ?