# .zip file download

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zip-file-download/120340>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 23, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zip-file-download/120340 "2004-08-23T13:28:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![pucca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@pucca](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pucca)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zip-file-download/120340/1 "2004-08-23T13:28:05Z")

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Hi  
I want a compressed file to open/download automaticly when you submit an .asp form in Dreamweaver. (Hope it makes sense?!)

Can somebody please help me???:red:

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![simplistik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/simplistik/32/7747_2.png) [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zip-file-download/120340/2 "2004-08-23T14:18:37Z")

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Don’t think you can do it. It’s a client side option on your browser. It’s like that for security reasons.

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**Author:** ![pucca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@pucca](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pucca)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zip-file-download/120340/3 "2004-08-23T15:00:21Z")

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I’ve seen some sites doing it. Maybe I didn’t explain to well.  
When the viewer submit a form, a popup window appears to show him all the detail he’s sent us… okay?:h:

So now, I want a pop-up window to appear,giving him the option to download the compressed file in say, about, 5 secondes. If for some reason the file doesn’t download there must be an option saying: (eg.)“If doc doesn’t download in 5 secondes, click here…” -(or something like that …:h:

Sorry if I’m not so clear. Hope you can help!!!

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**Author:** ![simplistik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/simplistik/32/7747_2.png) [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zip-file-download/120340/4 "2004-08-23T21:11:12Z")

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Ooooh… I thought what you meant is that when you had a download it automatically downloaded… bypassing the user options to save or open. Anyway… I dunno right off, what needs to be done to do that but if you go to [download.com](http://download.com) or something similar to it take a look at their coding and decipher it.

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**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zip-file-download/120340/5 "2004-08-23T21:27:11Z")

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pucca that sounds like you need some server side scripting. I have done similar things in ASP and SQL.

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**Author:** ![RabBell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/rabbell/32/340_2.png) [@RabBell](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RabBell)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zip-file-download/120340/6 "2004-08-24T07:54:11Z")

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I know that a normal a tag pointing at a zip file like the one below

a href=“myzippedfile.zip”

would work but not sure how to do it in asp, try [www.w3schools.com](http://www.w3schools.com) I find most of my answers in there :thumb;