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Hi - is there a way in ASP or Javascript to make a document download
window appear, rather than have it open in another browser window
(document types would be PDF, DOC, XLS etc),

Thanks,

Mark Tait
ma**@fixitks.co.uk
www.fixitks.co.uk

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Hi - is there a way in ASP or Javascript to make a document download
window appear, rather than have it open in another browser window
(document types would be PDF, DOC, XLS etc),

Thanks,

Mark Tait
ma**@fixitks.co.uk
www.fixitks.co.uk

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