Showing Files

[florida41]

Im trying to open up a directory and show it on my web pages.
Works with no problem in IE6 but cant get it to work in Netscape 7.0 and Netscape 4.77. The Directory sits on a Windows 2000 Info Server.

In Netscape 4.77 it shows the files but wont open them up.
In Netscape 7.0 it wont go anywhere after I click on the Open and view files in myDirectory link.

Please advise:


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<a href="file:////myinfoServer/myDirectory/">Open and view files in myDirectory</a>

 

[philote]

I was able to do something similar in Mozilla by leaving out one of those slashes after "file:"... like this:

<a href="file:///myinfoServer/myDirectory/">Open and view files in myDirectory</a>

It also worked in IE and should work in Netscape 4.77 and 7 as well.

 

[florida41]

Thanks I tried that but still not working in Netscape.

I also have a space in the directory name so I assume that is my problem?


I tried:

<a href="file:///myinfoServer/my Directory/">Open and view files in myDirectory</a>

<a href="file:///myinfoServer/my%20Directory/">Open and view files in myDirectory</a>

<a href="file://///myinfoServer/my Directory/">Open and view files in myDirectory</a>

<a href="file://///myinfoServer/my%20Directory/">Open and view files in myDirectory</a>

None of the above work.

 

[philote]

What is "myinfoServer", a computer on the network or a web server? When I tested before I was viewing a local folder, so maybe that's why that didn't work for you.

I just tried in Mozilla with the last example you gave and successfully opened a folder on a network share. I also tried it with spaces instead of the %20's and it still worked. This should work in Netscape 7 as well since they're pretty much the same thing, but I don't know about 4.77.

 

[florida41]

myInfoServer is a computer on the network only and not a web server.