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| jeffwoodcabin 2004-12-05, 2:46 am |
| I've been using FP to publish a family/small business website for a couple
years but now I need to do something interactive and I just can't make it do
what I want. I want to prompt a user for a filename to download, verify that
the file exists and then give them a link to right click and save the file.
I've been using a Form Field to capture the file name but can't figure out
how to use it to validate the file's existance or customize a link. Is this
possbile in FrontPage or must I extend it with VB or J Script?
Thanks for any direction you can give...
Jeff - jeff@woodcabin.com
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| Without going into a database solution and server-side programming, you
could adapt a JavaScript password script, such as that at
www.rxs-enterprises.org/tests/jspass/
This script will require a small image with the same name (not extension) as
the file, for every file.
The best solution would be a server-side database application, where the
database stores all the valid filenames and paths to them. This application
would allow the user to search for a file, and reduce problems caused by
wrong spellings etc.
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Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
"jeffwoodcabin" <jeffwoodcabin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1FE4631F-0E69-4402-A8DC-25D4CC1369E5@microsoft.com...
> I've been using FP to publish a family/small business website for a couple
> years but now I need to do something interactive and I just can't make it
> do
> what I want. I want to prompt a user for a filename to download, verify
> that
> the file exists and then give them a link to right click and save the
> file.
> I've been using a Form Field to capture the file name but can't figure out
> how to use it to validate the file's existance or customize a link. Is
> this
> possbile in FrontPage or must I extend it with VB or J Script?
> Thanks for any direction you can give...
> Jeff - jeff@woodcabin.com
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| jeffwoodcabin 2004-12-06, 2:46 am |
| Thanks for the tip. I'm moving my hosting service to a windows based product
with ASP and Access support. Can I do ASP coding inside FP or do I need
another product as well?
"Ronx" wrote:
> Without going into a database solution and server-side programming, you
> could adapt a JavaScript password script, such as that at
> www.rxs-enterprises.org/tests/jspass/
>
> This script will require a small image with the same name (not extension) as
> the file, for every file.
>
> The best solution would be a server-side database application, where the
> database stores all the valid filenames and paths to them. This application
> would allow the user to search for a file, and reduce problems caused by
> wrong spellings etc.
> --
> Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
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> "jeffwoodcabin" <jeffwoodcabin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1FE4631F-0E69-4402-A8DC-25D4CC1369E5@microsoft.com...
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| Yes, in fact FrontPage has database related wizards that may help you with
the project.
--
Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
"jeffwoodcabin" <jeffwoodcabin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the tip. I'm moving my hosting service to a windows based
> product
> with ASP and Access support. Can I do ASP coding inside FP or do I need
> another product as well?
>
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> "Ronx" wrote:
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