If he's going to download the file, zip it first - avoid the file types
issue completely.

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"peter" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>I have a .wmv file on my web site I want my friend to download.
> What URL prefix should I use so that when he click on the link, he would
> be given a file-save dialog where he can specify where the downloaded file
> is to be saved?
>
> If I do
>
> http://myserver.com/file.wmv
>
> clicking on this link would shows junk in a browser
>
> I can do
>
> mms://myserver.com/file.wmv
>
> which would cause the file to be played (streamed) when clicked
>
> But I want him to download the entire file before playing it, how to do
> it??
>