You could probably find a progress bar at http://www.hotscripts.com. I've seen them for php so I'm sure there's a java one there. Not sure how to create a desktop icon though. --- On Sat, 4/19/08, Josef Lowder wrote: > From: Josef Lowder > Subject: Re: How to make a FREE Linux E-book download? > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008, 9:53 AM > . > On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:06:00 -0700, Jon M. Hanson wrote > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:02:30AM -0700, Josef Lowder > wrote: > > > . > > > How can I make a FREE Linux How-to PDF E-book > available > > > for download (to both Windows and Linux users) so > that > > > when someone clicks on a download button on an > html > > > web page, a PDF file would download (to either > type > > > of computer) with a progress bars showing the > download > > > status/progress and the result would be an icon > on the > > > desktop that one could click-on to open the PDF > E-book? > > > > What you're asking to do is more dependant on how > people have their web > > browsers configured. A web server can't tell a > client where to save > > files and whether or not to display a progress bar. > > Many times, I have downloaded something and seen it > "install" > an icon on my desktop, both on my several different Linux > systems > and on my wife's (and other acquaintances') Windows > computers. > > So how is that done? > > Surely there are ways to make this work. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss