# How can you make flash download media files?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-you-make-flash-download-media-files/185490>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 13, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-you-make-flash-download-media-files/185490 "2006-04-13T17:40:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![manos76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@manos76](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/manos76)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-you-make-flash-download-media-files/185490/1 "2006-04-13T17:40:18Z")

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How can someone make a flash movie link download a media file rather allowing them to open and play in a browser?  
I have always used up until now the clumsy way of zipping the files so the browser prompts you to save the files on your disk but I’m looking for a more elegant way of doing it through flash code.

Any thougths?

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**Author:** ![creatify](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@creatify](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/creatify)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-you-make-flash-download-media-files/185490/2 "2006-04-13T17:52:26Z")

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If you’re ok w/ using flash 8 - here’s a small tutorial using the Flash 8 File Reference Class that allows you to download / place a file on your computer:

[http://www.justinfront.net/Dnload/](http://www.justinfront.net/Dnload/)

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**Author:** ![manos76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@manos76](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/manos76)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-you-make-flash-download-media-files/185490/3 "2006-04-13T18:27:20Z")

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link is not working I’m afraid.

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-you-make-flash-download-media-files/185490/4 "2006-04-13T18:29:07Z")

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works for me

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**Author:** ![creatify](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@creatify](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/creatify)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-you-make-flash-download-media-files/185490/5 "2006-04-14T00:04:46Z")

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works for me too?

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**Author:** ![manos76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@manos76](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/manos76)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-you-make-flash-download-media-files/185490/6 "2006-04-14T08:42:53Z")

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very odd. since yesterday the server times out. anyways. is this something similar?

[http://www.flashgroup.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5045&page=1&pp=15](http://www.flashgroup.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5045&page=1&pp=15)