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Posted by Mitja Trampus on 11/19/87 11:34
briansmccabe@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all -
>
> I am wondering if anyone knows how to use HTML to launch a local file
> from a hyperlink on a page that is on the Internet.
>
> I wrote a basic HTML page that has an "<a
> href="C:\filename.avi">link</a>" on it, and when viewing this HTML page
> on my local machine, it works fine (other than the AVI not launching in
> my default player, but that's neither here nor there at the moment).
>
> BUT when I upload this page to my site's server and view the page
> over the Internet, the link does not work.
>
> Does anyone know how I could make the link work over the Internet?
try href="file:///c/filename.avi". Of course c:\filename.avi
has to be locally accessible on the machine you are going to
view the "webpage" from.
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