# Creating a link that downloads an zip file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-link-that-downloads-an-zip-file/81871>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 5, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-link-that-downloads-an-zip-file/81871 "2005-03-05T18:24:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![malidia](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/malidia/32/684_2.png) [@malidia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/malidia)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-link-that-downloads-an-zip-file/81871/1 "2005-03-05T18:24:57Z")

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Okay, i understand that you have to have a .zip file usually to force a browser to download the file using the getURL command to the URL of the .zip file. But when i have a link in a pop-up page, it just gives me a error 404 page

so far the AS looks like this

```auto

```

on (press){  
getURL([www.troyblank.com/download/beeswax.zip](http://www.troyblank.com/download/beeswax.zip));  
}

```auto

```

Does anyone know how i can fix this problem???

(you can see what i have done by going to [troyblank.com](http://troyblank.com) and clicking on the goodies button and then clicking on the beeswax text and then download)