John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Thu Nov 23 13:06:09 CST 2006
Hi Rocky, I've resorted to the same issues you have or if the other end can do it posting on FTP. The problem is that it depends on the end user's system not ours. HTH John B. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Beach Access Software Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 10:35 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' 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 -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com