man, you guys are harsh. I didn't want a code sample or anything. Just a pointer in the right direction, hehe. I've done a lot of looking into this and couldn't come up with the right results. I can easily specify a folder and submit it and have a php script do whatever but what I'm looking for is really to force any browser to display the save as dialog box or another example would be a "create folder" button that when clicked is able to launch a dialog box where you can traverse through the directory structure and create a folder. I'll look into the content-disposition item in the "header" and see if that helps. thx again Adil. "Jay Blanchard" <jay.blanchard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C8F323573C030A448F3E5A2B6FE2070B03522B58@xxxxxxxxxx [snip] Here's what i'm trying to do in php and using a mySQL database: I want a button on a page that if clicked it launches the browser's or OS's "Save As" window, allowing me to specify where to save my file and/or create a new folder. This needs to work on Mac and PC. [/snip] I want an IDE that will let me speak code into it. Anyone else want anything? Seriously, a little Googling here would help. Start here http://www.php.net/header -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php