# FLASH CS3: user file download button?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-user-file-download-button/268362>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 13, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-user-file-download-button/268362 "2008-08-13T01:18:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![flashman2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/0ea827/32.png) [@flashman2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashman2)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-user-file-download-button/268362/1 "2008-08-13T01:18:40Z")

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:crying:  
This might be a dumb question  
i’ve just finished builing my flash site, and all i need now is a  
“DOWNLOAD FILE” button so the user can download movie files,  
exe files and pix etc etc…

does anybody have any ideas?? it would be a great help  
using ACTION SCRIPT 2.0

thanx  
FS2

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**Author:** ![ememdoubleu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@ememdoubleu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ememdoubleu)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-user-file-download-button/268362/2 "2008-08-23T18:33:48Z")

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hey Flashman,  
dunno if it is still relevant but i needed this function myself…  
this is what worked for me…  
cheers,  
mm

AS2:  
on(release){  
getURL(‘[http://www.yoursite.com/downloads/filename.zip](http://www.yoursite.com/downloads/filename.zip)’);  
}

AS3:  
myDownloadButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, downloadFunction);  
function downloadFunction(event: MouseEvent) {  
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(‘[http://www.yoursite.com/downloads/filename.zip](http://www.yoursite.com/downloads/filename.zip)’);  
navigateToURL(request);  
}