creating a link to txt file

html

[Samzer]

hi,
i want to create a link in an html environment to open text file in a new page. can some help because i can create a link to open a html and php file its working but it cant open a txt file. please find the coding i used:
<div style="position:absolute;bottom:0px; text-align:center;left: 450px;"><a href = "code.txt" target= "_blank"> code</a>
</div>

[penders]

There shouldn't be any difference between an HTML file and a .txt file. Remove the spaces around the '=' in your anchor (although that's probably not your problem).

What browser are you testing?

[g1smd]

Is the text file in the same folder as the HTML page that calls it?

If not, begin the link with a leading slash and specify the full path to the file in that link.

[Samzer]

the text file and the html file are in the same folder and i am using internet explorer

[Samzer]

if i am creating the same link to html file or php file it opens without a problem. my problem is the txt.

[g1smd]

There should be no difference what you open.

[Fotiman]

it cant open a txt file

What exactly happens when you click on the link to a text file? What does your browser do? Perhaps the server is configured with the wrong mime type for the .txt file extension?

You could try installing Fiddler [fiddler2.com] to examine the raw request and response data between the browser and the server.

[sam_gibbs]

You have to place txt file in the same folder where you have saved html file and don't give any extra space in A tag. You can test it by placing both files on your desktop, then your code would be like this
<a href="test.txt" target= "_blank">TEXT FILE LINK</A>
Thanks

Sam

[edited by: tedster at 11:17 pm (utc) on Feb 15, 2012]

[4serendipity]

I'm with the previous posters in thinking that you're either running into either a directory path or mime type issue.

Also, if you don't absolutely have to post the content in a text file, you could try creating a basic HTML template and pasting the content within a <pre> element. This would keep the door open to format the content down the road.