# Auto download when clicking link text **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [November 27, 2002, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729 "2002-11-27T08:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jtodap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@jtodap](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jtodap)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/1 "2002-11-27T08:55:04Z")
i have some text on my page: blah blah blah i want to get it so that when you click blah blah blah, it will automatically download blah\_blah\_blah.doc or promt in windows to download the file. anyone know how to do this? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/2 "2002-11-27T08:58:19Z")
Method 1) If inserting the text directly into the text field manually, you can select the word you want to be a link, then you can open up the properties panel (CTRL+F3) and at the bottom there is an input text area with a picture of a chain link next to it, you can put in the URL to your file there. Method 2) If inserting the text dynamically through AS or an external file you can HTML enable the text box allowing you to use HTML Font Formatting tags, including the A HREF link tag. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/3 "2002-11-27T09:04:42Z")
what about as far as downloading music? i have some of my own original music that i want people to download…but when i test and click it, it opens up a new window with quicktime playing the song, and it doesnt go to a download window…? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/4 "2002-11-27T09:05:22Z")
Put it in a .zip file 🙂 At least that is the only method I can think of since Right Click and Save As… can’t apply in Flash. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/5 "2002-11-27T09:06:05Z")
i’ll try that…thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/6 "2002-11-27T09:06:45Z")
No problem 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/7 "2002-11-27T09:16:32Z")
you could try the inconvenience of changing the extension to a non-exisistant one (like myfile.urp). Then tell the user to change the extension back to myfile.mp3 after download… As I said, it would be inconvenient, but it works… Rev:elderly: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/8 "2002-11-27T09:32:19Z")
you know I’m not 100% sure of this, but I think that the quicktime player will allow you to save anything that is loaded into it. may be a third option. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/9 "2002-11-27T09:34:39Z")
also… I don’t know about this… but can you set a flash link to an ftp address? If so, and you have an ftp folder available from your service provider then it should download instead of playing. again… I’m not 100% sure of that either. Just a thought ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/10 "2002-11-28T19:45:38Z")
i just zipped the files and they work that way. one other thing. i have a pretty large text graphic with a lot of links within them. i have that text graphic fading in when that page opens up and i’ve done that with a simple motion tween and just key framing the alpha from 0% to 100% over 20 frames. When i test the movie and it gets to the part where the text is going to fade in, it slows down considerably until that animation of the text is done and then everything else seems to run at normal speed. (i have other animation on the page). is the best way to deal with is to break up the text or is there something else i can do? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/11 "2002-11-28T19:50:22Z")
“ask” already answered a similar question here: [[link](http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9643)] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/12 "2002-11-28T20:50:23Z")
this link doesn’t really answer my new problem…thanks though… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/13 "2002-11-28T20:52:08Z")
Oh well, u got me wrong, did u read the third post? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/14 "2002-11-28T21:04:20Z")
yeah i did, i figured that out though.just zipping the file will force IE to download the file. but i had a _NEW_ question or problem i posted about a text graphic and animation and it bogging the page down…maybe i should post in a new thread… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-download-when-clicking-link-text/8729/15 "2002-11-28T21:12:33Z")
Yeah, i was answering since the title was about downloading, its better not mixing up all questions in one thread, better to create a new thread with a specific title that gets members attention. 🙂