# Creating a link that downloads an mp3 file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-link-that-downloads-an-mp3-file/81686>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 4, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-link-that-downloads-an-mp3-file/81686 "2005-03-04T03:53:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-link-that-downloads-an-mp3-file/81686/1 "2005-03-04T03:53:34Z")

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I’m doing a site that needs to download an mp3 sample clip from the server  
when a text link is clicked. The whole site is in Flash and am using MX.

Tried the getURL \> didn’t work. Saw a tutorial here but that one  
plays the mp3 file right away. I want the user to be able to save the file  
to their hard disk and play it from there.

I am absolutely clueless. Any help is enormously appreciated.