"Your Download Should Start Automatically"

How do I make a page that automatically downloads a file after 5 seconds or somthing like that. I always see sites that say "Your Download Should Start Automatically". and now I found a use for that.

The most reliable way - zip the file, and link to it as you would to any
other file.

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"Macman4000" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

How do I make a page that automatically downloads a file after 5 seconds
or somthing like that. I always see sites that say "Your Download Should

Start Automatically". and now I found a use for that.

I understand how to link a download file... Im not incompetant ;-)

I need to know how to make a file automaticly download when the page loads.

.oO(Macman4000)

How do I make a page that automatically downloads a file after 5 seconds
or somthing like that. I always see sites that say "Your Download Should
Start Automatically". and now I found a use for that.

It's done with a meta-refresh (search on Google if you _really_ want to
use it).

Micha

You have an onLoad event that triggers an openBrowserWindow pointing to the
zip file?

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"Macman4000" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I understand how to link a download file... Im not incompetant ;-)

I need to know how to make a file automaticly download when the page
loads.

You have an onLoad event that triggers an openBrowserWindow pointing to the
zip file?

no.

all I have is the above code that I copied from another website.

Is this all I need?

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="1;
URL=http://www.mysite.com/path/to/file.zip">

If you want to test the page I have so far go here:
http://www.murphyscamera.com/downloads111.htm

.oO(Macman4000)

Is this all I need?

meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="1;
URL=http://www.mysite.com/path/to/file.zip"

Yep, but you should be aware of the problems that may arise from such an
abuse of the meta-refresh (may break back button for example). It's not
meant to redirect to another URL, even if it's used for that all over
the web. That's why I wrote "... if you _really_ want to use it."

Personally I wouldn't recommend it.

Micha

In this case, the method I posted would work best. The original poster
misunderstood it as a question rather than as an answer....

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"Michael Fesser" <netizen (AT) gmx (DOT) net> wrote

.oO(Macman4000)

Is this all I need?

meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="1;
URL=http://www.mysite.com/path/to/file.zip"

Yep, but you should be aware of the problems that may arise from such an
abuse of the meta-refresh (may break back button for example). It's not
meant to redirect to another URL, even if it's used for that all over
the web. That's why I wrote "... if you _really_ want to use it."

Personally I wouldn't recommend it.

Micha

How would I set up an onload event?

The whole reason I am doing this is because I need a way to count how many
people download these PDFs from my site. All the good download counters are
either to dificult to use (MySQL, PHP, etc.) or cost money. I already have a
service that counts page hits and It is very easy to use (think Idiot-Proof).
So i decided the easiest way for my to count downloads (besides learning
another language like PHP) is to make downloads open a pop-up window that says
"Your Download Should Start Automatically... blah blah blah, Click here if it
dosn't work". That way I can just look at the page hits for that pop-up and see
how many people downloaded the PDF.

If you know a better way that is idiot-proof and free please let me know!