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gb
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 Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:16 am Post subject: Q re dropdown menu |
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Hi,
I want to insert a dropdown list in a web page which links to a windows directorya nd allows the user to browse the file names in the windows directory real-time and when the user selects one it opens that file in an explorer window.
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iNaNimAtE
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:54 am Post subject: |
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Who's directory do you want users to browse; theirs, or your own.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
The files will be on a shared netwrok drive that I and the users will have access to.
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iNaNimAtE
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 12:37 am Post subject: |
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Well assuming you and the users are using IE, this should be fairly simple.
If the files you want are on the H: drive, (just an example), then all links to a file would be formatted as:
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That will open a new window displaying the contents of H:\Directory using Windows Explorer.
PS: Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer are fundamentally the same.
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
thanks for getting back to me. I was hoping to tailor the resultant view somewhat. I'd like to show only Files with say the .doc extension. Is this possible ?
At the moment the users can see all the directories and sub-directories and I would like to limit them to a set of files ending in .doc
many thanks
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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Well you can do that; but you won't be able to use Windows Explorer. There might be something you can do on the client side, but that is different.
To show only .DOC, use a CGI script available at www.hotscripts.com (or search the forum for people who have made them).
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