OPEN FILE WITHOUT CLICKING ON URL

[Rachel80]

after uploading a word/excel/ppoint file, the next page should display the uploaded material. but there's no <a href> link to open the file! in the database, is the pathname of the file. the next page can only retrieve pathname(data) from the SQL table & display the field value, which is the pathname... so how can i open the documment file, eg. record.xls on the next page without clicking on a link?

 

[DarkMan]

If you know the pathname, you should be able to convert that into a web address and then either create a link, (or do a &lt;cflocation url=&quot;mysite.com/files/mydoc.doc&quot;&gt; to open without clicking)...<br><br>If your site is <A HREF="

http://www.mysite.com"

TARGET="_new">

http://www.mysite.com</A>

and is located on the server at C:\websites\mysite and you put the file in c:\websites\mysite\files, you can translate that as <A HREF="

http://www.mysite.com/files.&nbsp"

TARGET="_new">

http://www.mysite.com/files.&nbsp</A>;&nbsp;If

you're putting all your uploaded files into the same directory, that's easier.&nbsp;&nbsp;Just figure out the url to the path one time then point your link to <A HREF="

http://mysite.com/files/"

TARGET="_new">

http://mysite.com/files/</A>(thefilename).<br><br>Let

me know if this helps...<br><br>DM

 

[Rachel80]

Thanks for your immediate response <br>sorry that i missed out this part in my question:<br>what if i want to open the uploaded file on a html file?<br>meaning that the next page is a html file, displaying the uploaded file(maybe in image format or ???). Below the file I have 'submit' buttons to confirm if I want the uploaded file... The objective is to view the uploaded file so as to decided on using it. Clicking &quot;Cancel&quot; button would delete the file while &quot;OK or Continue&quot; button would confirm the upload.

 

[DarkMan]

Well....<br><br>This is a bit out of my territory, as I've never tried embedding a word, excel, or powerpoint document <b><i>inside</i></b> an html page, but I would imagine that either using the &lt;embed&gt; tag, maybe, or using frames, with one frame containing the document and the other, the confimation form should work....???