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Worzel Gummidge wrote:
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> Can someone provide me with a code sample (not sure if its HTML or Javascript)
> that opens a PDF/Word from a browser so that it initiates in Acrobat or Word.
<a href="relativeOrAbsolutePath/filename.pdf">Open the Acrobat file</a>
<a href="relativeOrAbsolutePath/filename.doc">Open the Word file</a>
Of course, you have to have the appropriate program to open the file in it.
--David
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David M. Brown - Brown Inc.
dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com
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