hyperlink to a file not in a web

[Bill]

We are attempting to build an html driven package that
will run outside of a web site. This will be built in the
office, burned to a cd and sent to our people in the field
for installation on their free-standing lap tops. We will
not be installing IIS on each lap top.

When we create a hyperlink from a html page through
Frontpage 2000 to a PDF file, it will not load when using
IE 6.x. However, it does load when using Netscape.

The properties of the link
are "file:///C:/theDirectories/weAreUsing/theFile.pdf"
where theDirectories and weAreUsing are not the directory
names we are using but represent the location where the
pages will be installed.

Any suggestions on what we need to do to make this work
using IE. We are a MS shop and do not want to buy the
license needed to roll Netscape to all our people in the
field.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Sounds like you are trying to access a file on the user PC instead of the CD
- that can create problems if uses have customized their PC or security issues

Recommend putting the PDFs in your FP web (File import) and using relative links in the web
Start by publishing your FP web to a top level folder (say C:\TheCD\) and checking all links, then burn the CD from your new root
folder (C:\TheCD\)

Also don't use any spaces in file / folder names in your FP web




| We are attempting to build an html driven package that
| will run outside of a web site. This will be built in the
| office, burned to a cd and sent to our people in the field
| for installation on their free-standing lap tops. We will
| not be installing IIS on each lap top.
|
| When we create a hyperlink from a html page through
| Frontpage 2000 to a PDF file, it will not load when using
| IE 6.x. However, it does load when using Netscape.
|
| The properties of the link
| are "file:///C:/theDirectories/weAreUsing/theFile.pdf"
| where theDirectories and weAreUsing are not the directory
| names we are using but represent the location where the
| pages will be installed.
|
| Any suggestions on what we need to do to make this work
| using IE. We are a MS shop and do not want to buy the
| license needed to roll Netscape to all our people in the
| field.