nothing to do with video

[bjorn toulouse]

ok im trying to create a web page with a hyperlink to run a batch file automatically, the problem is that I get the file download dialogue box, is there any way to circumvent the dialogue box??

[lark]

do you mean that the batch file should be run on the server (in pc where the web server is running) or on the client (pc which you use to browse to that web page)?

some more info would be useful:
if server, which web server are you using?
if client, which browser & OS are you using?

regards
t :)

[bjorn toulouse]

sorry I'm bad for that, ok
web page is on our intranet
on the page I have a link to a batch file called training.bat that maps network drives to a cd tower that holds training videos and executes a file that plays them. It works quite well.
But when you press the link to the batch file in explorer it opens a dialoge box that promps for open, download or cancle. Unfortunatly even thogh the web page says in big letters press open. the users still press save to disk or cancle
hope this makes it a bit clearer
cheers Bjorn

[bjorn toulouse]

oops
the batch file is on a server (NT4)
client OS is XP SP1
browser is internet explorer 6

[lark]

not quite answering the question, but could you perhaps use a NW share amd have a link like

file://server.domain.com/share/videos/training.bat

on the web page?

regards
t :)

[bjorn toulouse]

unfortunatly it still brings up the dialogue box
ho hum time to surf the web once more for a solution, thanks for the help though

[[storm-shadow]]

4GuysFromRolla.com (http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/072199-2.shtml): This might help you out. It requires ASP, and the sort of action you are asking for can only be done, to my knowledge, with server side scripting.

If there is another way, I'd like to know, as well.

[Mug Funky]

i think you could do this with flash (maybe not new versions... sercurity features and such).

i believe it's "fscommand exec" to run an external prog. i made it work with exe files from web pages, but it's less than reliable.

unfortunately i haven't done php and asp and all that lark. i'd like to get some going for my own site, but am too lazy :)