# Need a browser developers advice
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-browser-developers-advice/12786
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 4, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-browser-developers-advice/12786 "2003-02-04T19:22:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@biscuit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/biscuit)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-browser-developers-advice/12786/1 "2003-02-04T19:22:13Z")
Probably not the right forum, but does anyone know why a zipped MP3 on my flash site downloads on my mac but not on a PC? On a PC the file loading dialogue box pops up and shows a progress bar but no progress and it stays that way forever. I thought it might be because I used the Mac version of zip it but I tried zipping them on a PC and the problem was still there.
The browser obviously recognises the .zip file extension but why doesn’t it complete the download??
You can try the site out if you want to see it for yourselves;
[http://www.mymarcel.com](http://www.mymarcel.com)
Hope you can help or tell me where else I can look.
Cheers.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-browser-developers-advice/12786/2 "2003-02-04T19:33:41Z")
I’ve never had a problem with Windows downloading a .Zip file
What browser/version is the problem happening to?
Where about on the site is the zip file? I had a quick look but didn’t have the time to search for it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-browser-developers-advice/12786/3 "2003-02-04T19:40:04Z")
All sorts of browsers so I’m told. My mate checked it out on IE5 and it didn’t work.
The mp3s are in the ‘hear’ section.
It works fine on my mac but by now I’m to wise to expect anything I do to work on a wintel machine!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-browser-developers-advice/12786/4 "2003-02-04T19:45:17Z")
Yeah it didn’t work for me.
I can only assume that you have your _get URL_ messed up.
I have mine looking like this and it seems to work ok:
on (release) {
getURL(“[http://www.yoursite.com/scrollbar.rar](http://www.yoursite.com/scrollbar.rar)”, “\_blank”);
}
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-browser-developers-advice/12786/5 "2003-02-04T19:52:16Z")
Mine is;
on (release) {
getURL(“[http://www.mymarcel.com/mp3/beatles.zip](http://www.mymarcel.com/mp3/beatles.zip)”);
}
I think this is ok
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-browser-developers-advice/12786/6 "2003-02-04T20:02:42Z")
What is the size of the zip files?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-browser-developers-advice/12786/7 "2003-02-04T20:04:40Z")
About 5 meg each…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-browser-developers-advice/12786/8 "2003-02-04T20:06:35Z")
I’m on a PC with Net7…
works just fine…
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-browser-developers-advice/12786/9 "2003-02-04T20:08:43Z")
Cool. The problem is i need it to work for everyone!!
Mmmmmmmmm.
Thanks for the checks guys.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-browser-developers-advice/12786/10 "2003-02-04T20:09:08Z")
Have you tried to see if a 100 K zip file works [Just as a test]?
> \*Originally posted by biscuit \*
> \*\*About 5 meg each… \*\*
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-browser-developers-advice/12786/11 "2003-02-04T20:14:51Z")
That’s a very good idea!! I should have thought of that. I’ll do it after my dinner.:sure:
Thanks Kel.