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Problem with open a .chm help file from html file??

 
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Hi all friends,
I want to open a .chm help file from my html pages.Iam creating a CD of my web site for that I want to give search facility for user in my web site on CD through .chm file.So therefore I want to open that .chm file onClick event of "LINK or BUTTON" on my html pages.I tried with below codes but it opens "File Download" dialog.Can any one guide me how i can do that:-
<a href="new.chm">Search</a>
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Bikash
 
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Originally posted by Bikash Paul:
Hi all friends,
I want to open a .chm help file from my html pages.Iam creating a CD of my web site for that I want to give search facility for user in my web site on CD through .chm file.So therefore I want to open that .chm file onClick event of "LINK or BUTTON" on my html pages.I tried with below codes but it opens "File Download" dialog.Can any one guide me how i can do that:-
<a href="new.chm">Search</a>
Regards
Bikash


Bikash,
I don't think you can avoid it consistently. It may have to do with the users' browser security settings, but you can't depend on or change that. Can you use a regular format (i.e., HTML)?
As I understand it, CHM has to be used with Microsoft programs and even then may not display seamlessly (users may have to download it, as you describe).
 
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if you were talking about a web site(resides on a server) i would tell you that, like me, the server doesnt recognize the file extension .chm so it offers to send the file to you.
web site on CD???
 
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Hi,
First of all thanks for all of urs reply.I want to distribute my web site in the form of CD thats why for search facility I want to use .chm file in CD not on WEB.Is there any other way to give search facility on CD?
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Bikash
[ August 13, 2002: Message edited by: Bikash Paul ]
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