yes Iv, surely this is a more js/Ajax issue... this is the one who has to do something with php answer. sorry, Pere 2008/6/20 Iv Ray <pobox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Eric Butera wrote: > >> The only thing I can think of is using JS to create some sort of >> IFRAME, meta redirect, window.location, or a popup window, something >> that will force the page to hit your download script directly. I've >> never attempted it myself so I'm not sure what sort of issues IE would >> have with any of the above. >> > > Well, if we, the illiterate, are going to brainstorm ;) - clicking a > link/button/image executes JavaScript function, which (via AJAX request) > hits the php download script. The response will be received by the AJAX > object. > > Nothing php here. > > As far as I see the problem, it is - how to pass this response to the > browser in an elegant way, so that the browser will open a "Save as..." > dialogue and will direct the stream there. > > One could ask this on a JavaScript/AJAX list. > > Iv >
