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force download/stream by saralk on 02-26-2005 at 05:55 PM
I have a webpage with links to some .wmv files, but when people try and open them in anything other than IE, it just comes up with loads of text. How can i make it come up with the file download dialouge?
RE: force download/stream by DJeX on 02-26-2005 at 06:04 PM
Zip the wave's with winzip
RE: force download/stream by Ahmad on 02-26-2005 at 09:42 PM
Or leave an instruction for the user to right-click and save as...
Or save them in the RealPlayer format.
RE: force download/stream by RaceProUK on 02-26-2005 at 10:04 PM
Or, reconfigure the webserver to not send the files as text. Though that requires admin access...
Edit: Damn typo messing up my BBCode...