>Hi,
>
>If you place a word file in a link, ie:
>
>

> <a href="mywordfile.doc>download my word file<a>
>

>
> the file word file will download and **open** in the browser for viewing. I want to download it and just save it to disk without viewing it. How do you do this?
>
>Neil

You need to set the header on the page returning the document....

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Mime-version: 1.0
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="thefile.doc"
...

You can then use filetostr() or even just write the field.