Reecemac
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
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Does anyone know of any software that will redirect a link coming from a program. What I mean is I have a old program that needs to get a key from a .php file online say www.corsasport.co.uk/key.php and I need it to be redirected to c:/www.corsasport.co.uk/key.php or another online .php as the website is no longer running. Think I made is semi clear 
EDIT:And I cannot change the .exe so thats out of the question.
[Edited on 21-08-2009 by Reecemac]
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Leighton
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If your not able to change the EXE then i dont think you can do it. unless you put a re direct in the old lovation of the key.php file which im guessing you dont have access to.
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Reecemac
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Nope, trying to see if there are any packet sniffers which can redirect traffic but hard to find any leads.
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willay
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why not just put the website up again? or register the domain and host it yourself?
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Hosts file?
Not sure if you can point to a local file, you could possibly share it and point to the share?
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Reecemac
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Just tried host file but like you said doesnt seem to work with local files, I might host it online and redirct it there instead. Cheers people.
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Dom
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i've had to do this in the past, the only solution i found was to run a lightweight HTML server (like AnalogX WebServer) and then change the HOST file in windows to point the domain (www.SoftwareCompany.com) to the local ip address of the webserver (ie: 127.0.0.1).
Then recreate the directory structure of what file is request, so www.SoftwareCompany.com/Products/Software/ would become C:\www\Products\Software\ (www is what the webserver hosts from) and then dump the requested file (key.php) in that directory. Key.php would only containt the requested data the software is requesting.
It's a bit of a faff, but it works. If you have a dedicated hosting with your own IP then you could do the same, but just redirect it to your hosting IP rather than a local IP.
Ideally, you'd want some sort of local DNS redirection (more advanced to what the HOST file can do), that way you could redirect WWW requests from the software to anywhere you want, but i've never managed to find a solution.
[Edited on 21-08-2009 by Dom]
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