I am using the following link to download a file of about 50k
<a target= "_blank"
href="http://www.bsecs.org.uk/ExecDocs/documentStore/elfridaWord.doc">open
file</a>
If I save the file to hard disk there is no problem/
if, in response to the menu which appears before downloading, I opt to
open the doc file immediately then I get a problem.
The text in the doc file opens alright in the browser window (though
I notice that the browser icon in the bottom task bar is depicted in a
sort of greyed out manner). If I close the window the browser icon
does not disappear from the the task bar though the window itself
closes. However after it has done so my dial up connection is slow to
non existent and any other browser windows open will not respond to
clicking on any hyperlinss and will not refresh. Its as if the window
which displayed the Word doc is somehow still claiming all the
resources.
When I convert the same doc to a text file and download using a
similar link everything works properly with the browser window closing
and disappearing from the task bar as normal.
I would be grateful for some help on this eg should I be adding some
attribute or other to the above hyperlink ?
If you wish to experience the problem try opening the file titled
"Testing one word file name as doc file" on
http://www.bsecs.org.uk/docsComm/docSearch.aspx
Best wishes, John Morgan