# FileReference Save as Filetype

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filereference-save-as-filetype/314112
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 18, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filereference-save-as-filetype/314112 "2010-09-18T15:07:16Z")
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### Author: ![thehat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@thehat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thehat)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filereference-save-as-filetype/314112/1 "2010-09-18T15:07:16Z")

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Is there any way to set the filetype you want to save to with the FileReference class? I’m creating PNGs for users to save to their hard drive, but I don’t really want them to have to specify an extension. If they don’t, the images are just saved as generic files, which is a bit crappy.