# Prompting a button to download a file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prompting-a-button-to-download-a-file/155051>\
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**Created:** [July 14, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prompting-a-button-to-download-a-file/155051 "2005-07-14T13:04:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![rhohman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/858c86/32.png) [@rhohman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rhohman)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prompting-a-button-to-download-a-file/155051/1 "2005-07-14T13:04:52Z")

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is it possible to prompt a button to download a zip file in flash?? I have a lot of files, .ppt, .doc, and .pdfs that i want to open externally in their respective applications. Here is teh code i am using on their buttons

on (release) {  
//Goto Webpage Behavior  
getURL(“file:///Macintosh%20HD/Users/trecauser/Desktop/catc\_menu/cd/mm/success\_stories/michael\_seare.pdf”,"\_blank");  
//End Behavior

}

What should i do? thanks…