Lets say i have two links to same file called “cat.avi”

<a href=“ http://site.com/cat.avi ”>Play Movie</a>

<a href=“ http://site.com/cat.avi ”>Download Movie</a>

when the user clicks the second link, how can i make the file to be prompted for a download, instead of opening the cat.avi file with the windows media player or what ever?

try this (IE Only I beleive)

<button onclick="javascript:document.execCommand('SaveAs','1','fileName.txt')">Click to save</Button>
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