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BWGAsked on January 23, 2015 at 7:06 PM
I know that we can link to a file for downloading by choosing it as a custom "thank you" page, but what I would love to be able to do is to take the visitor to a "real" thank you page and initiate a file download at the same time, by clicking a "Submit" button.
Is there any way of doing that?
Vlad
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CharlieReplied on January 23, 2015 at 10:02 PM
Hi Vlad,
I believe this is possible if you will be using javascript to your thank you page url.
Here's a guide on that: https://www.jotform.com/help/89-Create-a-Custom-Thank-you-page-with-Auto-redirect. But this is more of a redirect.
Here's a quick guide on how to have a thank you page and have a download redirect.
1. Here's the code for the thank you page url.
This is the javascript code:
<script type="text/javascript">
var timer = 3; //seconds
website = "https://shots.jotform.com/charlie/Test.pdf"
function delayer() {
window.open(website, '_blank');
}
setTimeout('delayer()', 1000 * timer);
</script>
2. I then added it on a thank you page url.
Here's the demo form: http://form.jotformpro.com/form/50228522520949
You can further advance this process but we'll need to further our coding skills. Do you want to directly download the file without our browser blocking it as a pop-up?
I hope this helps or at least gives you an idea on how to proceed. Let us know if you need more assistance.
Thank you.