# How to download doc file?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-download-doc-file/9508>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 13, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-download-doc-file/9508 "2002-12-13T02:29:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Puteri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@Puteri](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Puteri)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-download-doc-file/9508/1 "2002-12-13T02:29:54Z")

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I’m a newbie in flash so start using flash 5 first. Can someone tell me how can I hyperlink a button so that it can download a doc file?? Really urgent.☹

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-download-doc-file/9508/2 "2002-12-13T02:59:25Z")

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I’ve never linked it to a doc file before, but I think the geturl action would work, just apply this action to your button:

```php
on(release) {
	getURL("URL of your doc file here", "_blank");
}

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-download-doc-file/9508/3 "2002-12-16T05:52:15Z")

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Thank you for your assistance but actually I did that but still there was a problem until someone pointed out to me that it could be my browser. So once I make my IE as the default browser than everything seems to be okay.

Thanks again for your help. I thought no one would answer my silly question:)