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Force download a pdf link using javascript/ajax/jquerry

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With JavaScript it is very difficult if not impossible(?). I would suggest using some sort of code-behind language such as PHP, C#, or Java. If you were to use PHP, you could, in the page your button posts to, do something like this:

<?php
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename=filename.pdf');
readfile("http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iphone_user_guide.pdf");
?>

This also seems to work for JS (from http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10149735):

<body>
<script>
function downloadme(x){
myTempWindow = window.open(x,'','left=10000,screenX=10000');
myTempWindow.document.execCommand('SaveAs','null','download.pdf');
myTempWindow.close();
}
</script>

<a href=javascript:downloadme('http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iphone_user_guide.pdf');&gt;Download this pdf</a>
</body>

Benny 2010-06-19 21:16:04

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