Posted by Alvaro G. Vicario on 06/12/06 20:38

*** laredotornado@zipmail.com escribió/wrote (12 Jun 2006 10:56:16 -0700):
> Using PHP 4 and a custom icon (.ico) file, how could I create a file
> users download to their machine such that clicking on it launches their
> default web browser with a particular URL?

I guess you have *.url files in mind. If you open one of them in your
favourite text editor, you'll realize the format is pretty straightforward:

[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://www.google.com

I can think of two issues:

1) It isn't cross-platform
2) You can't store the icon or specify what icon explorer should display


There's a simple multiplaform alternative: a simple HTML file with a
redirection (META tag or JavaScript). It doesn't solve the icon issue
though.



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