# Script for a "download" button
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-for-a-download-button/13300
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 11, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-for-a-download-button/13300 "2003-02-11T16:20:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Melissa\_Anne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Melissa_Anne)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-for-a-download-button/13300/1 "2003-02-11T16:20:45Z")
On my stage i have a button.
on (press) It should download a file.
What is the actionscript for that?
Thxs if you can help !
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-for-a-download-button/13300/2 "2003-02-11T16:35:15Z")
getURL(“linkToDownload.zip”);
I say .zip because its best to zip files you wish to have downloaded.
1. it allows for a smaller filesize, hense smaller download time
2. browsers recognize it as a file format that is to be downloaded and not opened.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-for-a-download-button/13300/3 "2003-02-11T16:43:03Z")
Yes I did that,
getURL(…) but it doesnt work and the path is correct…
do I need to have variables (get or post )?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-for-a-download-button/13300/4 "2003-02-11T16:45:30Z")
There must be a problem with the path. It works without POST or GET.
pom :cowboy:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-for-a-download-button/13300/5 "2003-02-11T17:52:24Z")
How stupid of me!!!
It was a path problem…
When writing the path…i wrote my file’s name “cube.zip” instead of writing “Cube.zip” !! Forgot a CAP letter !!!and that made all the difference…grrr!!
Mel\*