This how my code works. When I clicked the button, it will download the file. My code is working in Google Chrome but not working in Mozilla Firefox.
Here are my codes
HTML
<button type='Button' onClick='dlpdf("http://www.energy.umich.edu/sites/default/files/pdf-sample.pdf")'>Download</button>
JAVASCRIPT
function dlpdf(fileURL){
if (!window.ActiveXObject) {
var save = document.createElement('a');
//alert(fileURL);
save.href = fileURL;
save.target = '_blank';
save.download = fileURL || 'unknown';
var event = document.createEvent('Event');
event.initEvent('click', true, true);
save.dispatchEvent(event);
(window.URL || window.webkitURL).revokeObjectURL(save.href);
}
}