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Countdown to Enable a Download Link


Snippet Name: Countdown to Enable a Download Link
Description: How to enable a link after a set period of time (in this case, 30 seconds). After the countdown period is over the content in the "tmx" div is changed to contain the link.


<script type="text/Javascript">
xcounter=30;
function countdown(){
 
 if ((0 <= 100) || (0 > 0)) {
  xcounter--;
  if(xcounter== 0){
   document.getElementById("tmx").innerHTML = '<a href="http://www.somedomain.com/somepage.htm">Click to Download</a>';
  }
 
  if(xcounter> 0){
   document.getElementById("tmx").innerHTML = 'Please wait <b>'+xcounter+'</b> seconds...';
   setTimeout('countdown()',1000);
  }
 
 }
 
}
countdown();
</script>
 
<div id="tmx">&nbsp;</div>

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