http://.../myapp/static/files/mytable.name/xy/<long filename>? attachment
notice the ?attachment after filename On Jun 25, 11:38 pm, weheh <richard_gor...@verizon.net> wrote: > I want to click on a link and have a jpeg or an mp3 file downloaded > from the server to my local machine as though I had done a right-mouse- > click and selected the "Save Link As ..." menu entry. In other words, > when I click on the link I want to get a popup asking where to save > the file. Any thoughts as to how to do this? My feeble attempts so far > have failed miserably. The file is stored on the server under C:/ > web2py/applications/myapp/static/files/mytable.name/xy/<long filename>.
