Comments on snippet: 'AS3: Download a File to the Desktop'

chrisaiv said on 20/Oct/2009

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:38:17 UTC

hey flanoob04. In Flash CS4, if you're using the ActionScript window, you need to remove the access specifiers (aka "private", "protected", "public", etc).

chrisaiv said on 21/Oct/2009

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:37:40 UTC

You most certainly need an Event Listener + Handler and well... this Snippet is only a fraction of what you need. Hopefully this will get you started: button_mc.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, onMouseClickHandler, false, 0, true ); function onMouseClickHandler( e:MouseEvent ):void { buttonClick(); } I suggest you visit another Snippet code of mine that hopefully will explain how to set Event Listeners + Handlers. http://snipplr.com/view/5022/as3-ondragover-ondragout-onreleaseoutside/

chrisaiv said on 31/Oct/2009

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:49:18 UTC

Great work flanoob04! Just to be clear, in your example, you are not really downloading a PDF using Flash. You are calling a PDF file and relying on the browser to complete the remaining action. In Firefox, the PDF may download but in Safair, the PDF will probably display.

RubenBristian said on 08/Apr/2011

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:28:39 UTC

Thanks! :)

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Wed, 07 Oct 2020 17:46:17 UTC

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