w3launch and Netscape 2.0

[Steve Godfrey]

On Wed, 21 Feb 1996, Peter C. Gorman wrote:

> >Is it possible to write an HTML link in a document that will invoke a
> >program other than the web browser through which the link is chosen?
> 
> I have written a quick guide for how to do just that, at:
> 
> "Launching CD-ROM or other applications from a Web browser"
> http://www.library.wisc.edu/help/tech/launch_info.html

Peter's approach, using w3launch, works great in conjunction with Netscape
1.2N.  But I can't get it to work with Netscape 2.0 (final release; the
platform is Windows 3.1 in both cases).  With Netscape 2.0, the errors 
returned are "Unable to open the file for writing" and then "Failed to 
create temp file!"  Is there anyone who can suggest solution, or a reason 
why this might be happening in 2.0 and not 1.2?

Steve

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Steve Godfrey (sgodfrey at gsd.harvard.edu)
Automation and Electronic Resources Assistant
Frances Loeb Library, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University