HTML help....

[Tom (aka Godzilla)]

I'm trying to get an href link to include command line arguements.

The command line if I typed it directly would be "c:\putty.exe –ssh rohan.sdsu.edu"

If use href=c:\putty.exe, it will execute the program. But, if I put in the arguements, I get "Cannot find c:\putty......."

Thanks in advance.

[bugzy]

putty.exe would have to be local on the client

is putty.exe on the webserver or on the web client?

[audiracer2002]

yeah, the exe file needs to be someplace absolute and accessible, then point your href at it. having a link point from a web server, to a file local on your system isn't going to work since you are not running a web server and the link will then look for the c drive on the web server where its originating.

[madajb]

It actually runs putty?
Well then...try with the href= quoted:
a href="file:///c:/putty example.com"

-ajb

[Tom (aka Godzilla)]

putty.exe is on the local machine and executes just fine without the arguements in it.

<href=”c:\putty.exe”> works

<href=”c:\putty.exe –ssh rohan.sdsu.edu”> does not

[madajb]

Just a guess, but try a %20 for the spaces.
So "putty.exe%20-ssh%20rohan.sdsu.edu"
Otherwise, you could just write a batch file to do it.

-ajb

[bugzy]

Just a guess, but try a %20 for the spaces.
So "putty.exe%20-ssh%20rohan.sdsu.edu"
Otherwise, you could just write a batch file to do it.

-ajb
i think mad is right

the space is messing it up ...