hyperlinking to local file

[mikemardon]

Hi there

I have created a hyperlink in dreamweaver :

<a href = "file://c:/temp/" target="_blank">view temp folder </a>

...which works just fine, but when I paste the code into an aspx page it does not do anything when clicked.

Can anyone tell me if this method has been blocked from use?

Thanks!

 

[ca8msm]

Nope, it hasn't been blocked from use (although the syntax may differ between browsers, opening folders may not be allowed and how would you even know that file exists on your clients machine if it was pointed at a file?).


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[mikemardon]

It is for an intranet site for a legal firm - it would be nice to have access to certain folders on the file server from the intranet!

ie. they all have U: mapped to the main data store so I would like to have ie6 open the folder in a blank window so they can navigate.

Hope this makes sense

 

[ca8msm]

Try using this format then:

<a href="file://///servername/foldername/">test</a>

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[mikemardon]

thanks that worked like a dream