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NesreenAl-Khamm
2 months agoCommunity Member
Opening hyperlinked files in SL 360
Greetings, I need to open a hyperlinked file in a published course as a PDF document that automatically downloads rather than automatically opening in a new tab with a unique link. Can you tell me h...
SamHill
Super Hero
Hi NesreenAl-Khamm I'm afraid Storyline does not provide the configuration options to allow you to make the document a download rather than opening in a new window. It would need the download attribute to work:
<a href="filename.pdf" download="custom-filename.pdf">Download</a>
The simplest solution would be to add the file to a *.zip file. As a browser cannot render a zip file, it is forced to download it. As the document is a PDF, and modern browsers can render PDF, they will always open the document if the link doesn't feature the download attribute.
NesreenAl-Khamm
2 months agoCommunity Member
Thank you very much Sam for your feedback which confirms our understanding of the use of the hyperlinked file in SL 360.