check out the www.php.net and look into the using the header function to force the down load instead of trying to executing the file.
www.php.net/header Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "AAustin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:26 PM Subject: [PHP] zip.exe files > Hi > > > On the corp website we are wanting to make the zip files that clients > download zip.exe self extract files. Our html <a Href="filename.exe">click > here</a> links no longer work. > > Now we get server error messages rather than the dialog box when the link is > clicked. I think the file is trying to decompress when clicked to download. > Is there a common procedure to get around this? > > Thanks in advance > > Andrew > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]