Re: web.show_document bug?

From: Brooks Vaughn <brooks_at_tidalwave.net>
Date: 2000/08/03
Message-ID: <398A0945.36697C78_at_tidalwave.net>#1/1


I have not done this before but in passing parameters to forms, I would try using the following:

web.show_document('ftp&#58;//user&#58;password&#64;ftp.test.com');

to change your browser's location to a different URL try:

htp.print('location:' ||
'ftp&#58;//user&#58;password&#64;ftp.test.com');

-Brooks Vaughn
brooks_at_tidalwave.net

Juergen Kraus wrote:

> Hi,
>
> why is it not possible to open a browser window with the command
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> web.show_document('ftp://user:password_at_ftp.test.com');
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> When this command is executed the browser tries to open the
> URL "ftp://user" without the password and servername.
>
> Is there a patch or workaround available for this problem?
>
> --
> Juergen Kraus
> juergen.kraus_at_augsburger-allgemeine.de
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>
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Received on Thu Aug 03 2000 - 00:00:00 CEST

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