[AccessD] Sending an exe attachment

Hi Rocky,

I couldn't figure out any good solution either. I often rename the file to 
.ex with instructions to add an e at the end. But even that doesn't work for 
some county's as the Exchange Server wont allow attachments. I now place the 
exe file in an FTP site and send user name and password to the users. They 
type in ftp:// IP address for my site or ftp://ftp-www.earthlink.net  in 
there browser and drag the file to there desktop. Been working well. Might 
not be a good solution for lots of users though.]

Bill
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From: "Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
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Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 8:35 AM
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



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