> >ftp://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/invoice12345.pdf
>
> note that if they have the latest patch from Microsoft installed,
> then this solution *may* not work as it breaks the internet
> standard of ftp://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> However, the principle is sound. You could work round this by
> pointing it to a website instead ....

This syntax will still work for ftp after patch 832894 is installed. The
patch was to bring IE into line with rfc1738 which specifically excludes
user:pass from HTTP URLs.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;834489

> We currently use sbclient to do something similar, but keep
> ending up with a dos prompt on the screen whilst the program
> (such as a webbrowser) is being run - most annoying.
> Andy

Have you tried using the bizarrely named "HTML" process? In SBClient GUI
mode it opens IE and passes it the URI without giving you a Windows command
prompt. eg. HTML,gopher://ukcc.uky.edu/












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