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  • axelman
    #1

    Hide Status Bar & Address Bar while file downloads, asp.net 2.0

    Hi everybody, sorry if this seems stupid but I'm a newbie :-( to all of
    this.

    I'm trying to hide the full file path in IE7 and IE6 while a user clicks on
    alink on my page and downloads a file from my server, just want to open the
    file download box but the path must remain invisible.

    I've achieved this successfully in all other browsers (Fire fox, safari,
    opera) with a simple call from my asp.net 2.0 page to a JavaScript function
    that
    only has a window.location (http://www.someaddress.com/myfile.zip), in an
    external JavaScript file, like this:

    <script type="text/JavaScript" src="somelink.j s"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
    <a href="javascrip t:downloadlink( );" onmouseover="st atus='see you'; return
    true;" onmouseout="sta tus='later';">D ownload File</a>
    </body>


    How can achieve the same functionality in IE7 and IE6, please any help would
    be greatly appreciated this is urgent.

    Thanks in advanced


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    • bruce barker
      #2
      Re: Hide Status Bar &amp; Address Bar while file downloads, asp.net 2.0


      you can't. for security IE removed this feature. I assume the other
      browsers will also.

      you should switch to a download page (say download.aspx) that knows the
      file name (say via session) and performs the download.


      -- bruce (sqlwork.com)


      axelman wrote:
      Hi everybody, sorry if this seems stupid but I'm a newbie :-( to all of
      this.
      >
      I'm trying to hide the full file path in IE7 and IE6 while a user clicks on
      alink on my page and downloads a file from my server, just want to open the
      file download box but the path must remain invisible.
      >
      I've achieved this successfully in all other browsers (Fire fox, safari,
      opera) with a simple call from my asp.net 2.0 page to a JavaScript function
      that
      only has a window.location (http://www.someaddress.com/myfile.zip), in an
      external JavaScript file, like this:
      >
      <script type="text/JavaScript" src="somelink.j s"></script>
      </head>
      <body>
      <a href="javascrip t:downloadlink( );" onmouseover="st atus='see you'; return
      true;" onmouseout="sta tus='later';">D ownload File</a>
      </body>
      >
      >
      How can achieve the same functionality in IE7 and IE6, please any help would
      be greatly appreciated this is urgent.
      >
      Thanks in advanced
      >
      >

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