Downloading a simple file with AS3

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FIleRefrence class: This is the guy you need to use if you want to enable a file for download to a client (your local computer). i could have hit my head against the wall for days trying to understand why i was getting the window that appeared to want to download a file, but simply would not. The fact is, the FileRefrence object you will use can not be a local object to the function that is calling the download…say that again. 

Ok, this post solved my problems.

//early in the class
private var fu:FileReference;
//CUSTOM CONTEXT MENU---------------------------------------------------------------------
private function addCustomMenu(cm:ContextMenu)
{
var new_cm:ContextMenuItem= new ContextMenuItem("All content ©me")
var res:ContextMenuItem=new ContextMenuItem("download resume")
res.addEventListener(ContextMenuEvent.MENU_ITEM_SELECT,getile)
cm.customItems.push(new_cm)
cm.customItems.push(res)
}
private function getfile(cme:ContextMenuEvent):void
{
fu=new FileReference()
var resumeRequest:URLRequest=new URLRequest()
resumeRequest.url=primary.gateway+"assets/CV.doc";
fu.download(resumeRequest,"filename.doc")
}