Links to files

Reymond C via DotNetMonster.com

Hi all

I'm building a search page for documents and files on my server machine. The
search results will be displayed in the form of links on a page.
How can I make the user's computer open the appropriate application, whenever
a use clicks on a link to access the file? For example, the link points to a .
doc file, how can I make word open on the client machine and display the file?
Thanks
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S.M. Altaf [MVP]

Hi Rey,

This is something that will happen automatically. If you point to a DOC
file, then in general cases, the browser will display the DOC file itself
with the Word Plugins it has. If they don't have the plugin, then the file
gets downloaded and opened automatically. Same for PDFs, XLS, and any other
file extension you can think of.

If this wasn't what you were asking, please clarify.

-Altaf
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Hi all

I'm building a search page for documents and files on my server machine.
The
search results will be displayed in the form of links on a page.
How can I make the user's computer open the appropriate application,
whenever
a use clicks on a link to access the file? For example, the link points to
a .
doc file, how can I make word open on the client machine and display the
file?
Thanks
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Nov 19 '05 #2

Reymond C via DotNetMonster.com

Thanks Altaf. This is exactly what I was asking. Thanks for your help.

S.M. Altaf [MVP] wrote:

Hi Rey,

This is something that will happen automatically. If you point to a DOC
file, then in general cases, the browser will display the DOC file itself
with the Word Plugins it has. If they don't have the plugin, then the file
gets downloaded and opened automatically. Same for PDFs, XLS, and any other
file extension you can think of.

If this wasn't what you were asking, please clarify.

-Altaf

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www.mendhak.com
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