Re: linking to exe files for download

We've found that a download for a exe file works ok if it is placed on an
ftp site. If you have an ftp site for your domainname, or can use some other
ftp site, try that and see if it solves your problem.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Dahlor" <mdahlor(at)bebsoft.com>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 9:01 AM
Subject: linking to exe files for download


> This may be a stupid question, but I am having trouble linking to exe
files.
> I really don't want to create .zips just to get the Save to dialogue, but
if
> I link to the file itself I get a CGI timeout error.  My code is currently
> a href=http://www.domainname.com/subdirectory/filename.exe and that isn't
> working.  Any clues?
>
> Mike

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