Question about creating links for downloads

[prock]

I have a client who wants samples of their band's music on their webpage.

So I built them a nice system where they can upload and set up songs for their fans to download.

Easy enough.

I build the link like so:
a href='http://www.band-name.com/songs/track01.mp3'

No problem it works in every browser except AOL. When AOL users click on it, it goes to a blank page, starts playing the song, and offers the user a dialogue box about downloading an ActiveX control.

Now, the song plays fine, but I'd like to stop it from doing all that other goofy stuff.

Any ideas? Am I building the link wrong?

Thanks
Pat Rock

[sarahk]

the joys of the browser wars. You might just have to live with it. I have similar problems with emails created using header() and IE6.

Solution - have a hidden (0px by 0px) iframe on your page and load the file into that - the download will still start, the music will play and the form can be as goofy as it likes because no one can see it.

[prock]

Ok i'll think that will work. Thanks a lot I never really thought about that before.

Course now its broken for NS 4, but hey isn't everything?

Thanks again
Pat