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No Wonder User - Feb 3, 1999 - 1:22 pm

Knowledge Level: Intermediate

User Platform: No Problem
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Is there a way that visitors to my web site can be allowed to download the free Acrobat Reader directly from my web page? I wish to give the visitor this option, but do not want them to leave my web page to download free file.

Thank you.

No Wonder Tech - Feb 3, 1999 - 1:35 pm

Pat,

You can create a button or link that points to the file on
Adobe's web site, but the problem is that you don't know what
platform your reader is going to need (Mac, PC, unix, etc).
It's best to point to the page that lists them all:


Get Adobe Acrobat

You can have this link open in a new window by adding
" target=_window" to the A href= directive, as in:


Get Adobe Acrobat

it won't stop them from leaving your site, but it will leave a
window with it still in place. This may be the best overall
solution.

You can link directly to each .exe file, but you'll have to find
the url for each one. You may also find that this violates the
user license for Acrobat that Adobe requires you to use.

Hope this helps,

Ralph Becker
No Wonder! staff