How do I download file to my visitors

When we click on a 'download' button on many sites a neat
little bargraph window appears our my desktop and a
'directory box' allows us to select the destination
directory.

Perfect - and that's the facility that I want on my site to
allow visitors to download my package !

Can someone point me in the right direction please.

I havn't a clue whether this will involve cgi stuff, a
dedicated utility, API's or even some simple command
(wishful thinking?).

I also am not clear if this is using FTP via the browser or
some standard download method.

Please excuse my ignorance.


Any advice, links or code appreciated.
Many thanks.


Dagwood

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:41:53 +0100, "Dagwood" <Dagwood (AT) active (DOT) com>
wrote:

When we click on a 'download' button on many sites a neat
little bargraph window appears our my desktop and a
'directory box' allows us to select the destination
directory.

Perfect - and that's the facility that I want on my site to
allow visitors to download my package !

Can someone point me in the right direction please.

I havn't a clue whether this will involve cgi stuff, a
dedicated utility, API's or even some simple command
(wishful thinking?).

I also am not clear if this is using FTP via the browser or
some standard download method.

I think it is just the browser that does the bargraph. That a normal
link to a file of a type the browser cannot display causes the browser
to offer to save it, and to display a bargraph as it is saved.