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Posted by Els on 11/19/50 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.
Of course it doesn't. How is that webserver where that page is hosted
to know where it can find "C:\filename.avi" ? It will look for it on
its own C: drive, if it has one.
> Does anyone know how I could make the link work over the Internet?
Upload the file to the place where that page is, or install a
webserver on your local machine, and link to it in the normal way. You
would need a static IP address for that though.
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