Re: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-28 Thread mavinson
hth, -mike cf coder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/28/2004 05:39 AM Please respond to cf-talk To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject:    Re: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read Hi Guys, I post

Re: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-28 Thread cf coder
I'll have a word with my manager and see what he says. Thank you guys for your help. Much appreciated! regards, cfcoder [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]

RE: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-28 Thread WebSite CFtalk
would be *very* interested in what you find out around this subject. :) Good luck! Helge From: cf coder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28. juni 2004 11:40 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc)..

RE: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-28 Thread Pascal Peters
cf coder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: maandag 28 juni 2004 11:40 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: how to open an attached file in its own > application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read > > Hi Guys, I posted this thread on Friday. Can someone please > answer my last query

Re: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-28 Thread Stephen Moretti (cfmaster)
cf coder wrote: > Hi Guys, I posted this thread on Friday. Can someone please answer my > last query. What ever happens the user will need to download the file.  You can't leave it on the server and open it from there.  Your only option is to educate the user on the use of "Save to Disk" and

Re: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-28 Thread cf coder
Hi Guys, I posted this thread on Friday. Can someone please answer my last query. Best regards, cfcoder [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]

Re: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-25 Thread cf coder
thank you guys for your help. Alistair, I now see why this is not allowed or not recommended. Given that this is not possible, is it possible to open the file that's sitting on the server. I've changed the cfcontent deletefile attribute to 'no'        deletefile="no">    When a user hits on

Re: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-25 Thread cf coder
thank you guys for your help. Alistair, I now see why this is not allowed or not recommended. Given that this is not possible, is it possible to open the file that's sitting on the server. I've changed the cfcontent deletefile attribute to 'no'        deletefile="no">    When a user hits on

RE: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-25 Thread Alistair Davidson
There is no way to do this from a browser (unless you use ActiveX, possibly - I've never tried it) , for very valid security reasons Can you imagine the security risks if it was possible to craft a HTML document that would automatically force-launch a downloaded document in an external application

RE: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-25 Thread Douglas.Knudsen
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 10:26 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read there must be a way to do this. I mean, its hard to beleive that nobody has ever tried to find a solution to this problem

Re: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-25 Thread dave
i wouldnt concider being in control of my OWN puter a problem, the problem i see is having some other coder whos not thinking clearly deciding how i should best view the material and with what program. sounds like a job for M$ maybe u should look at FrontPage, I'm sure thats one of the #1 tools th

RE: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-25 Thread Samuel Neff
From: cf coder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:44 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read Hello everybody, I have CFMX installed running on a windows machine. I have a section on the site where users can

Re: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-25 Thread John Beynon
it's a feature of the local browser not something controllable. There's an option that needs to be flagged in eg. excel to stop it opening the spreadsheet within an IE session. Of course, if you don't use IE then the problem goes away. On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:25:45 -0400, cf coder <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-25 Thread cf coder
there must be a way to do this. I mean, its hard to beleive that nobody has ever tried to find a solution to this problem. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]

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2004-06-25 Thread Dave Carabetta
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 06:43:35 -0700 (PDT), cf coder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The above code works fine. It opens the file inside > the browser window. However I want the file to open > inside its own application. So if the attached file is > a word document, I want it to open in msword.

how to open an attached file in its own application (ms-word, excel etc).. please read

2004-06-25 Thread cf coder
Hello everybody, I have CFMX installed running on a windows machine. I have a section on the site where users can view the files that are attached to a log. I've called this file showAttachments.cfm Here is the code: showattachments.cfm --- select * from attachments where logID