[WEB4LIB] Open up batch files via Web Page

[Dennis Brantley]

"Lim, Poh Kim" wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> We are trying to put links to our Library page for students to access to
> CDROM batch files (see http://www.smccd.net/accounts/skylib/newslinks.html
> under "Back-Issues of Newspapers:"). Our problem is when users click on the
> links (for example: file://c:/batch/nyt.bat), they don't open up to full
> screen. We tried to change the properties of the batch files, but that
> doesn't help. I think because each time someone clicks on the link, it
> creates a new temporary file that specifies screen size to "Window" but not
> "Full Screen".
> 

Assuming that the purpose of the batch file is to start an application
(we can't see your batch files on your web page), use this in the batch
file:

start /max <application>

Type 'start /?' at a command prompt for more info.

You may also want to consider storing all the batch files on a single
computer, so you don't have to go to different computers to change
them.  Take a single computer, named 'host' for example, create a
directory with all the batch files, and share the directory to the
network as 'batchfiles', for example.  Then have the web links point to
\\host\batchfiles\nyt.bat

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Dennis Brantley
Data Access Technologies, Inc.