DBR cell w/hyperlink ?

[Frank]

Simple DBR from an Access table where one of the fields is a file name.
In the DBR, for that field, I want to have a hyperlink to open the named
file.
I cannot remember the syntax, something like a combo of rs-fp FieldLink

This is wrong <a href="=FP_FieldLink(fp_rs,%22igcfile%22)">

can somebody get me on the right track?

 

[Frank]

Ok, got this code working now, but have another problem.... the file
opens in the window.

When the user clicks on the file name I do not want the file to open ...
I want the User to have a download/Save option in lieu of Open.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

What is the file type of the link
- if it is a known browser type file it will always open in browser window
(unless it is in say a zip file or a file that can be a server side generated type file)

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| Ok, got this code working now, but have another problem.... the file
| opens in the window.
|
| When the user clicks on the file name I do not want the file to open ...
| I want the User to have a download/Save option in lieu of Open.
|
|
| Frank wrote:
| > Simple DBR from an Access table where one of the fields is a file name.
| > In the DBR, for that field, I want to have a hyperlink to open the named
| > file.
| > I cannot remember the syntax, something like a combo of rs-fp FieldLink
| >
| > This is wrong <a href="=FP_FieldLink(fp_rs,%22igcfile%22)">
| >
| > can somebody get me on the right track?

 

[Frank]

It is an xxx.IGC file which is a GPS log file used to record a flight.
The actual internals of the file are just text.
I can always get around this by right-click on the link and "Save Target
as.... "
But you know how Users are, so I was looking for a way to only offer a
Save when clicking on the link

 

[Kathleen Anderson]

You could add a bit of JavaScript to the link that will "force" them to do a
right-click:

<a onclick="alert('Please right-click, Choose Save Target As...'); return
false;" href=

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