I am trying to create a hyperlink that will prompt the
user to save the file to their hard drive. The files are
on our internal FTP server. If I create a hyperlink it
just opens the file on the FTP server. I am using Word and
Excel documents.

Re: Force file download from a ftp server. by Tom

Tom
Thu Jun 17 15:31:41 CDT 2004

WAG......

put the files in a zip file and then link to it.

Best to you.......
Tom Gahagan

"Ben B" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to create a hyperlink that will prompt the
> user to save the file to their hard drive. The files are
> on our internal FTP server. If I create a hyperlink it
> just opens the file on the FTP server. I am using Word and
> Excel documents.