help - another 2 questions

I can't really answer your first question. But a couple of years ago, I think it was John Pollack that solved your second question for me. This form type will send the contents right to your email.

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1st- dunno, I've tried to 'fix' that myself. Never figured it out.

2nd-I use PHP, but Ken Elliott's seems easier. I like PHP because I can proccess the data and format it and then send myself (or anyone) only the stuff I want.

First bit only.

If you link to any executable file where the target computer has the application present, it will open the application ... why a href="xyz.doc" or a href="xyz.xls" will open up if MSWord or MSExcel is on the target computer.

Solution is zip it!! a href="xyz.zip" which when clicked just begins the standard file download/security options messages

thx for the replys, the tag works (as you probably know )
but what the hell is this - is it html, or JS or ..
(i men 'action', 'method' etc.)
where can i find smth on the topic?
can i use sgi to get the form, 'n what's the way to learn sgi scrips, and do i need server access to use sgi?
'n what's the way to learn php
thx again

good PHP sites:
php.net - comprehensive manual!
phpbuilder.com

probably others I'm not thinking of now.. If you wanna learn by hacking scripts, try:
hotscripts.com

the email thing is just HTML (I think)

what's "sgi"? do you mean CGI?

yes i mean cgi,
php.net is just fine
thanx
and for my 1st question - isn't there smth like
____ as there is
____

thx for the attention

i 've just sent mail to bizland.com whether they support php and see what's the problem with this

well, I don't kow about href="downlowd:"...

But I think you can change MIME stuff somewhere (maybe .htaccess) That might do it.

Why don't you zip it??? It's pretty much standard now on the web.

I think LukeD has the best solution.
just zip/tar it

... um ... see what I posted further up this thread:)

umm... guess we were sleeping. sorry

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Your ignoring the painfully obvious

Download

except that a href="something.doc" etc causes the application to start and then opens the file;)

what is happening is that the borwser is loading the DOC reader. just like it would for PDF.

does it do that for netscape?

Hi,

AndyB provided the only viable solution for the internet.
Zip. Word Doc

Browser types are irrelevant, platforms are irrelevant, scripting languages are irrelevant.

Vinny

this is another situation where having the browser tied into the OS makes for security issues as well as convenience. It's a continuum, you see -- more convenience = less security.

But anyway, no, Netscape doesn't open the doc file. You can only open web documents with Netscape. But then again, Netscape 6 may be a different beast, and who knows, as M$ is moving toward sucking $$ from you monthly instead of when you upgrade (.Net) and it's going to be a whole new ball game.

Suzanne

Hi Suzanne,

You're right netscape doesn't open doc files, but it will open any other file that it recognizes and has the executable for. The surest way to allow a download for crossBrowsers is still zippity-do-dah, zippity-day.....

Vinny

I didn't notice you had posted. You are very correct -- for anything that you don't want run on the web or through the web browser, .zip or .sit or .tar, et cetera (compressed files) are the only option.

Suzanne

Hi Suzanne,

Gee I'm invisible now, sort of like Bert (?) in Soap (an old sitcom with Billy Crystal).

Vinny