How to create download prompt for mp3 link

Question

Hello fellow flash users-
I have been building my website all in flash and have a
simple question that I cannot figure out for some reason (maybe its
too simple) . Anyhow I have uploaded my mp3 songs of my music and
used the geturl and _blank so that when someone clicks on my link
the music opens right into thier quicktime player (if on mac) or
windows media player (if on pc). I want the user to be able to
download the mp3 to there computer (ie like a normal download
window prompt that appears stating "do you want to download this
file to disk" is there some other code or line I need to add ????
It seems so simple? I would really appreciate the help as I have
tried a number of things with no success. Thanks!
Matt

Answer 1

hi kglad
thanks for the help im almost there but still not getting it
so currently my code is set up for an action over a button
using
on (release) {
getURL("www.mysite.com/my.mp3","_blank");
so do I keep the on(release and then add in the on (release)
then add in which part of the filereference class??
import flash.net.FileReference;
var listener:Object = new Object();
listener.onSelect = function(file:FileReference):Void {
trace("onSelect: " + file.name);
listener.onCancel = function(file:FileReference):Void {
trace("onCancel");
listener.onOpen = function(file:FileReference):Void {
trace("onOpen: " + file.name);
listener.onProgress = function(file:FileReference,
bytesLoaded:Number, bytesTotal:Number):Void {
trace("onProgress with bytesLoaded: " + bytesLoaded + "
bytesTotal: " + bytesTotal);
listener.onComplete = function(file:FileReference):Void {
trace("onComplete: " + file.name);
listener.onIOError = function(file:FileReference):Void {
trace("onIOError: " + file.name);
thanks a lot for your help!
var fileRef:FileReference = new FileReference();
fileRef.addListener(listener);
var url:String = "
http://www.macromedia.com/platform/whitepapers/platform_overview.pdf";
if(!fileRef.download(url, "FlashPlatform.pdf")) {
trace("dialog box failed to open.");
}