open file by clicking d url

hi there,
i really need ur help...actually im not very familiar with mac..but currently i have to deal with mac while my client need to run d application on mac..actually im developing an e-learning courseware using flash...so in the cd there is a plugins where user can install flash player if they dont have one...but d problem is...when i test it in mac...d url which linked to d flashplayer.bin didnt work...d system return error message such "file not found"..when i check d folder which contained d flashplayer.bin...the filename has been changed to other name, not as 'flashplayer.bin'..say 'install flash player'...

i was thinking it must be d fault..thats why the link cannot find the flashplayer.bin file while clicked..

fyi im using internet explorer as web browser in mac..

can somebody explain to me why is that so..?? please...i need it a.s.a.p

thank you in advance..

Are we talking about Mac OS X here or the original Mac OS? Have you tried changing the URL to point to the new filename to see if that works? You should also try another browser since there could be a problem with IE.

I don’t know why the file would have been renamed; a file name can't be changed once its been written to the CD so it is possible that the problem is coming from elsewhere. Does the CD work on your other target OS?

Hope this helps,

Mark.

hi,
yup we r talking bout mac osx..i've tried changing d url to the name as it changed...it work in safari..but its not run d application to install flashplayer but it just open d folder which d application file located..but in IE its not return d same error msg "file not found"..but no action at all!!...fuhh..

yes..d cd work in IE in windows 98,2000 n xp and also in mozilla in linux...

Hi, Sorry for the slow response I've been a little busy this past week.

Anyway, as you've said Safari will open the folder which contains the application rather than running application itself. This is for security more than anything else because it's not a good idea to give the browser the ability to run programs on the the client machine – this is just asking for trouble since a virus (or other harmful program) could easily be triggered in this way .

I wouldn't even attempt to alter this behavior for this reason. In fact I would probably copy this behavior on each OS.

Don't worry too much about IE on OSX since most users will be using Safari anyway. That said it should be possible to use Javascript to detect the browser that the users using if you wish to accommodate for different browsers and platforms that way .

Hope this helps,

Mark.