# Download file from button press
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/download-file-from-button-press/15934
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [March 19, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/download-file-from-button-press/15934 "2003-03-19T16:13:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@jayb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jayb)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/download-file-from-button-press/15934/1 "2003-03-19T16:13:27Z")
Hi guys,
This may be a simple one but believe me its giving me some trouble…
I have a button on a page (flash MX website) that has a link to a pdf document, when clicked the pdf document loads up in the window. I want the user(s) of the site to have the option to either view it in their browser or download the pdf file. However with the site being in flash , it doesnt bring up the usual menu u get with html sites when u do a right click on a link.
What i plan 2 do i add a button for viewing the file and a button for downloading the file.
The part im stuck on is the actual script for the download button, i dont know where to start , the viewing button was pretty easy as i just used the beginer mode in actionscript.
Can you pls give me some hints on what i need to do to give users option to download the file.
Thanks!!:beam:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/download-file-from-button-press/15934/2 "2003-03-19T16:26:03Z")
i think you’d need to zip the pdf … :-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/download-file-from-button-press/15934/3 "2003-03-19T16:31:15Z")
thanks!!
C i told u it was going 2 b something simple , its been one of those days 2day! :hangover:
Thanks again :cowboy:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/download-file-from-button-press/15934/4 "2003-03-19T16:32:17Z")
😛
no problem =)