Intranet Links To Programs

[Tezdread]

Hi,

I was wondering if there is a way to open programs from a web page on an internal site without having the box come up asking if you want to open or save the program to disk?

I would like to have a link to an Access database, a Word Document and another to an Excel spread sheet but the only way I can do it means being confronted with the dialog box as mentioned efore.

Hope someone can help.

 

[yandso]

Hey Tezdread,
I currently am using an Excel spread sheet on our internal site. I just added it to the page as an Iframe.

<iframe src=PhoneList_link.xls border=0 height=500 width=750>

The only thing is that the user will have to have the program on there computer.

Roj

 

[ToddWW]

Hey Tez,

Sorry, but browsers won't differentiate from an intranet or an extranet and loosen any of the security from one to the other.

Roj is right, if the application is loaded on the visitors machine, then it should open the related software program when the link is clicked. However, certain OS settings and browser settings can dictate exactly what happens when a visitor clicks on one of those links.

It's still one of those unknowns in the web development community right now. You're not the first person to ask about this particular issue.

ToddWW

 

[gerrygerry]

You could use an &quot;autorun program&quot; i once saw that will use the same HTML/JavaScript interpreter as IE but will also accept different ShellCommands. The program can be obtained at: ?i'll post it when i get home

You can put any IE acceptable JS or HTML and include links like this:

   <a href=&quot;cmd:close&quot;>Close</a>
   <a href=&quot;cmd:OpenWord&quot;>OpenMSWord</a>

Then, in a seperate .ini file, you define what will happen when these links are clicked.

This forum isn't exactly the best place to discuss this, but if you email me, I would be happy to help you establish this system. You may also want to contact the program creator and request some help... maybe even a little customization (the author seems reasonable enough to do it inexpensivly).

Let me know. -gerrygerry
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