force download with javascript

Anon

Hello all,

I'm tring to "force a file download", for a known file type, using only javascript.
If someone can help ...

Thank you,
Nanda.

Anon

Have you tried

this.location.href = 'path/to/myfile.foo';

Anon

hi,

i hope this code will help you , i tried it and it solved my problem of download :

<body>
<script>
function downloadme(x){
myTempWindow = window.open(x,'','left=10000,screenX=10000');
myTempWindow.document.execCommand('SaveAs','null','download.pdf');
myTempWindow.close();
}
</script>

<a href=javascript:downloadme('/test.pdf');>Download this pdf</a>
</body>

good luck