AutoCad files not opening from website

[jfgonzalez]

Hello:

I have a batch of AutoCad files on our corporate website that open when a user clicks on the link to the appropriate drawing. When the site was hosted on a Windows 2000 server they opened up fine. Our ISP recently upgraded to a Windows 2003 server and users now get a 'file not found' error, but the files are in the same location they've always been and all the links on the page are correct. They still open on my test environment (on a Windows NT Server). Do AutoCad files (these files all have .dwg and .dxf extensions and, since I don't have AutoCad on my test machine, they open in Adobe Illustrator) need to be saved as something else for Windows 2003 Server? Does my ISP need to tweak a setting or something to allow these files to be open in a web browser?

Thanks,

Jesus F. Gonzalez

 

[borgunit]

I think you IT person will have to allow it. Most auto-launching of files is disabled in XP and 2003 server I believe. It would have to be "allowed" by file type I believe.

 

[jfgonzalez]

Our ISP appeared to do this on their server because it works now. Thanks!