Hyperlinks in Custom Forms

[rshep3]

We have a need for distributing excel spreadsheets and
large documents to our outside people who dialup to get
their mail.

I created a custom form with a hyperlink to an EXE file
that will install the document into a specific folder.

The problem is that this works sometimes, but most of the
time it tries to open the link in IE (then I get the
unable to open the page error). I want the form to
automatically download (or just give me option to
download) the file when the link is clicked.

I thought it might be encoded in the link somewhere as a
switch or something... ANY help or suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks
~rs
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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

There's no switch. How a link to an .exe file works is a crucial security
issue. What does your link look like?

 

[R shep]

Hello,
The link were trying to use was a link to a server on our network. The
outside people are getting in through a VPN connection.

I did get it resolved another way. We told our FTP server where the
files would be kept and used a link through there.

This didn't fix the other problem of a text box not knowing what a URL
was. I put a message box in form and let that field do that. I could
only use one message box without getting some goofy error, though.

The link now asks if the file is to be run or saved. This is what we
were looking for all along.

By using the FTP, it also eliminated the problem of a cripplingly slow
download. It is now pretty snappy. I compressed the file with WinZip,
and then created the .EXE that does the install of the file(s).

I figure I went about this the long hard way, but not knowing how to
script VB or do any programming really limits me. It has made me realize
one thing... I need your book!

It should be here next week.

Thanks for the reply
~rs


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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Glad to hear you found a solution. Be sure to download the sample code from
the book's web site at http://www.outlookcode.com