Thanks David! You understand the problem exactly. So far I have been able to use another .EXE to "download" the file by using a pkzip/winzip self-extracting archeive to acheive a simple download.
There are also commercial packages like InstallShield to perform software installs via http. I'm actually looking for something along the InstallShield idea, but I would prefer another product. My preference is an open-source solution. Thanks for the response David! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Talkington Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [OT] Software Distrobution using HTTP -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rob Finneran wrote: >That's why the top says [OT]. It means Off Topic > >What I mean about open-source packages is a software distribution type >package, not a web browser. Are you looking for a server-side solution to this undesirable browser behavior? If so, there really isn't one. Internet Exploiter seems to put a higher priority on file extensions than on MIME types when opening documents, so if it ends in .exe, there's nothing your server can say that will convince the browser to not try to run it, if that's what it's configured to do. Microsoft's browsers, last I checked, will even ignore .txt extensions and try to render a page that looks like it contains markup, which really pisses me off when I'm trying to make raw PHP code available for web viewing. Bottom line is that it's a client configuration, so you're pretty much S.O.L. Cheers ... -d - -- David Talkington PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp - -- http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/pale_blue_dot.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iQA/AwUBPHXXCb9BpdPKTBGtEQL96wCdGbqGpQzBtmxJRTYa5wv/sh2FEZIAoPKE kD8Nlh9Dl9PRs8BpD9iWS1bC =j2ni -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
