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Asked: 2026-05-10T15:56:09+00:00

How do I initialize an automatic download of a file in Internet Explorer? For

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How do I initialize an automatic download of a file in Internet Explorer?

For example, in the download page, I want the download link to appear and a message: ‘If you download doesn’t start automatically …. etc’. The download should begin shortly after the page loads.

In Firefox this is easy, you just need to include a meta tag in the header, <meta http-equiv='Refresh' content='n;url'> where n is the number of seconds and url is the download URL. This does not work in Internet Explorer. How do I make this work in Internet Explorer browsers?

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  1. SourceForge uses an <iframe> element with the src='' attribute pointing to the file to download.

    <iframe width='1' height='1' frameborder='0' src='[File location]'></iframe>

    (Side effect: no redirect, no JavaScript, original URL remains unchanged.)

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