Re: EMERGENCY: opening application form a URL

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Christian:


wouldn't it be a solution to implement the link as ....path\to\normal.doc ?

If you make sure that doc is linked to winword.exe in Netscape's

Applications (should be by default anyway) that should do the job.


Greetings,


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Christian Cook wrote:


> Have designed an intranet in Flash for a large financial group in London

> but cannot seem to get the buttons to open an application, I am using

> GET URL with the link- file:///C:\Program Files\Microsoft

> Office\Office\WINWORD.EXE

>

> But in Netscape all I am getting is a prompt to save the file rather

> than save or open.

>

> Any ideas at all. Is this at all possible??

>

> Help urgently needed. DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY.

>

> Cheers all

>

> Christian.

>

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