opening word doc, excel file etc

[Sanjeev]

Hi,

I have a href link on my page. The href link needs to take me to a word doc
or a excel file or any other file that had been uploaded earlier. But I do
not want the user to goto the required file by clicking on the href tag.
I need to do some database update saying the user has viewed this file and
then take him to the file. For this, I take him to an intermediate page,
do the database update in the server side script and then try to redirect
the user to the file. This is not working. I keep getting the message that
'The page cannot be displayed'. This is not happening if the file is a text
file! Also, if the href tag is directly linked to the file, I am able to
view or download the file.

Can someone show me some light?

regards,
sanjeev

[Piya]

Hi sanjeev...

is it possible for u to submit the page and then redirect him to that page.(rather
than opening the new page). What error message does it exactly give.

bye..


"Sanjeev" <sanjeev_mahajan@hotmail.com> wrote:


>
>Hi,
>
>I have a href link on my page. The href link needs to take me to a word
doc
>or a excel file or any other file that had been uploaded earlier. But I
do
>not want the user to goto the required file by clicking on the href tag.
>I need to do some database update saying the user has viewed this file and
>then take him to the file. For this, I take him to an intermediate page,
>do the database update in the server side script and then try to redirect
>the user to the file. This is not working. I keep getting the message that
>'The page cannot be displayed'. This is not happening if the file is a text
>file! Also, if the href tag is directly linked to the file, I am able to
>view or download the file.
>
>Can someone show me some light?
>
>regards,
>sanjeev