# Save file to viewer computer

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/save-file-to-viewer-computer/21613>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 23, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/save-file-to-viewer-computer/21613 "2003-05-23T21:08:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Lacuna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lacuna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lacuna)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/save-file-to-viewer-computer/21613/1 "2003-05-23T21:08:24Z")

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Hey,

What’s the procedure to make a graphic downloadable to someones computer in flash? I have a banner ad that I want accesible to viewers so they can take it and display it on their own website.

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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:** [May 23, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/save-file-to-viewer-computer/21613/2 "2003-05-23T23:01:30Z")

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Hmm…you probably just mean like a link, right? Most internet browsers automatically save files if it doesn’t have a protocol for it. So, anything that it does not have a protocol for (like a fla) would be downloaded instead of displayed if the browser received a request to get a file…

```php

//I'd probably have this on a button...
//yeah, it's a real file, and tripod shouldn't mind
//hasn't lagged in a while, anyway...
getURL("http://wryle.tripod.com/html.zip");

```

Though the following probably won’t download the file through your browser (I’m using IE and it doesn’t).

```php

//another real file
//it does, however, display the file
getURL("http://wryle.tripod.com/p01.jpg");

```

That should work,  
–Elios