HREF with doc file ...

[booner]

I haven't done something like this before but figured it would be simple to
figure out ... not so far ... so enlisting the experts. I want to setup a
web page that is basically a central location for some standard template
documents. So I want to provide links to the word files but rather then
having that launch the document for viewing I want that to cause the user
who clicked the link to get the standard windows download dialogs.

So I have several <a href="some word file.doc">Descr iption of file</a>
entries ...

Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

BBB

[Thor Kottelin]

Re: HREF with doc file ...



booner wrote:
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> I want to provide links to the word files but rather then
> having that launch the document for viewing I want that to cause the user
> who clicked the link to get the standard windows download dialogs.[/color]

Regardless of what the user wants? Please see the FAQ at
<URL:http://www.htmlhelp.co m/faq/html/all.html#force-download>.

Thor

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[Daniel R. Tobias]

Re: HREF with doc file ...

booner wrote:
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> So I have several <a href="some word file.doc">Descr iption of file</a>
> entries ...[/color]

Well, actually, since spaces are illegal characters in URLs unless
escaped, you should use href="some%20wo rd%20file.doc", or else make sure
to name your files without spaces in them.

You should be sure the server is properly configured to send the correct
MIME type for the files, "applicatio n/msword".

After that, it's up to the end user's browser what to do with the file
(display it in a plugin, launch Word or another viewer, save it to
disk), depending on its configuration.

MS Word is a proprietary format, so it's not really the best format to
put anything up on the Web, unless it's specific to Word users.

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