[AccessD] Sending an exe attachment

Hi Rocky,

I have changed the extension (to .pdf) and included good instructions on how
to change it back to .exe.  That seems to work well enough.  I guess you
could create an instruction document which you could attach to the email.

Another thing I've done is to upload the file to my website.  I have a
client download page there which has text in bold letters: "Right-click to
Save File . . .", which is exactly what you see if you right click a file
link on a web page.  I haven't had any .mdb files blocked by doing this.  I
haven't tried with .exe files.

Best of Luck!

Dan Waters

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Subject: [AccessD] Sending an exe attachment

Dear List:

 

Sorry for the somewhat OT.  I am using Wise/Sagekey combo to make a
setup.exe file so it will be dead simple to install my app - create a
folder, put shortcut on the desktop, etc., etc.

 

Works great but the problem came on the first time I sent to it a dealer to
check it out.  Outlook blocked the exe attachment.

 

I resent it zipped, which will work, but it kind of defeats the purpose
because the user would have to know how to unzip and where the unzipped
setup.exe file landed so they could run it.  This is past the technical
capability of many users.

 

I could also change the extension from exe to abc and that would get it past
the censors but then I would have to instruct the user to change the
extension before running it.

 

Has anyone encountered this problem before and know how to get around it?

 

MTIA,

 

Rocky