Save to file to desktop

Question

Hi All,
I am trying get one of my buttons to link to a PDF file which
would not open, but would ask the user where to save the file (i.e.
to the desktop), is this possible?
Thanks very much

Answer 1

Hi,
I need this too, thanks Andreu1 I found a code in the link
you sent, and I like to add it here:
package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.FileReference;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.FileFilter;
public class FileReference_download extends Sprite {
private var downloadURL:URLRequest;
private var fileName:String = "SomeFile.pdf";
private var file:FileReference;
public function FileReference_download() {
downloadURL = new URLRequest();
downloadURL.url = "
http://www.[yourDomain
file = new FileReference();
configureListeners(file);
file.download(downloadURL, fileName);
private function
configureListeners(dispatcher:IEventDispatcher):void {
dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.CANCEL, cancelHandler);
dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
completeHandler);
dispatcher.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
ioErrorHandler);
dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.OPEN, openHandler);
dispatcher.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,
progressHandler);
dispatcher.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR,
securityErrorHandler);
dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, selectHandler);
private function cancelHandler(event:Event):void {
trace("cancelHandler: " + event);
private function completeHandler(event:Event):void {
trace("completeHandler: " + event);
private function ioErrorHandler(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
trace("ioErrorHandler: " + event);
private function openHandler(event:Event):void {
trace("openHandler: " + event);
private function progressHandler(event:ProgressEvent):void {
var file:FileReference = FileReference(event.target);
trace("progressHandler name=" + file.name + " bytesLoaded="
+ event.bytesLoaded + " bytesTotal=" + event.bytesTotal);
private function
securityErrorHandler(event:SecurityErrorEvent):void {
trace("securityErrorHandler: " + event);
private function selectHandler(event:Event):void {
var file:FileReference = FileReference(event.target);
trace("selectHandler: name=" + file.name + " URL=" +
downloadURL.url);
}