How to write html code for download file supporting IE?

Question

I wrote a code like this:

<a href="input.txt" download="output.txt"><button>Download</button></a>

But, it only works in Chrome and Firefox. IE doesn't support it.

How to do this in a way that all browsers support it?

@Aᴍɪʀ It was the bold "Download" in the post. It just wasn't formatted as code. — Jonathan Lonowski, Dec 24 '15 at 05:46
Related: [File opens instead of downloading in internet explorer in a href link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17968837/file-opens-instead-of-downloading-in-internet-explorer-in-a-href-link) — Jonathan Lonowski, Dec 24 '15 at 05:57

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 24 '15 at 20:05

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<form method="get" action="input.pdf">
    <button type="submit">Download</button>
</form>

You could use a button like this for the download. This wont work in files like txt and images. for forcing download for these files, changes need to made in the server side.

edited Dec 24 '15 at 20:05

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answered Dec 24 '15 at 05:51

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this code also not support my requirement.Download file not opening file – NAGARAJU Dec 24 '15 at 06:12

How to write html code for download file supporting IE?

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