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micknic
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help file

Post by micknic »

Hi guys

I hope everything is ok for you

I've got a small problem.
I made a help file (essai.hlp). Now I would like to create a link from my webpage to this file.
I used this syntax:file:///C:/Documents and Settings/micka/Mes documents/essai.hlp

The problem is when I click on the link a box appear to download the file and only after it is downloaded it can be open. If i click a second time on the lin kthe computer wants to download it again.

What I would like is that when i click on the link the file opens automaticly without any downloading. Is it possible????


:P :lol: :D
Skyzyx
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Post by Skyzyx »

Because of what you're doing, I will assume that you are aware that this webpage can only run locally.

Secondly, I've tried doing the same thing before. For most files you can choose to automatically download the file (since it's a browser, it thinks it has to download it), EXCEPT Windows help files.

Windows help files will ALWAYS ask you to download them. Like I said, normally you can choose otherwise, but unfortunately, help files must always be downloaded. I don't understand why Microsoft did this.
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