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Why file:///server/share/filename.pdf acts unexpected
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BillyRayPreachersSon
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Is the link actually valid? Does it have a file protocol, or an http protocol?
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BillyRayPreachersSon
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I was asking whether the link was using a file protocol (file://) or an http protocol (
Surely you must know this, otherwise how can you code the link? Or, do you just have a relative link with no protocol, leaving it to default to whichever protocol is used to load the page?
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Surely you must know this, otherwise how can you code the link? Or, do you just have a relative link with no protocol, leaving it to default to whichever protocol is used to load the page?
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OK...I'm learning...I'm trying file:/// Would work?
I think I've duplicated the problem, so perhaps I can clarify. Dirtbike, please tell me if I've got this right.
I have a WinXP Pro system with a local IIS server running. My web root is "D:\Inetpub\ I created an HTML file containing the following:
The referenced test.txt file is just a plain text file with some random keyboard-banging in it.
If I go to D:\Inetpub\ and double-click on test.html to open it in Firefox, clicking on the link shows me the contents of test.txt. If I open it by starting Firefox and entering in the address bar, I see the same test.html page, but if I click on the link, nothing happens. The same is true if I duplicate the procedure with IE6.
I have absolutely no idea why this happens. Perhaps it's a web browser security measure? All I can say is that you probably shouldn't be putting file:// URIs in non-local web pages. Just copy the file somplace under the web root and serve it with an http:// URI. If it changes regularly, set up a nightly cron job or scheduled task to copy the new version into the web root.
I have a WinXP Pro system with a local IIS server running. My web root is "D:\Inetpub\ I created an HTML file containing the following:
Code:
<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<p><a href="file:///d:/Inetpub/[URL unfurl="true"]wwwroot/test.txt">Test[/URL] file</a></p>
</body>
</html>If I go to D:\Inetpub\ and double-click on test.html to open it in Firefox, clicking on the link shows me the contents of test.txt. If I open it by starting Firefox and entering in the address bar, I see the same test.html page, but if I click on the link, nothing happens. The same is true if I duplicate the procedure with IE6.
I have absolutely no idea why this happens. Perhaps it's a web browser security measure? All I can say is that you probably shouldn't be putting file:// URIs in non-local web pages. Just copy the file somplace under the web root and serve it with an http:// URI. If it changes regularly, set up a nightly cron job or scheduled task to copy the new version into the web root.
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Thanks guys...I found this to be true...
<p><a href="file:///C:/test.pdf">dude</a></p>
This above code works from a static page but does nothing when hit from a page served by IIS...but the below works...not that they are looking at the same fiel be cause they are not. i guess it is a security issue...or that I must conform to a \\server\sharename\ format.
<p><a href="file://Engine01/D/Inetpub/
<p><a href="file:///C:/test.pdf">dude</a></p>
This above code works from a static page but does nothing when hit from a page served by IIS...but the below works...not that they are looking at the same fiel be cause they are not. i guess it is a security issue...or that I must conform to a \\server\sharename\ format.
<p><a href="file://Engine01/D/Inetpub/
BillyRayPreachersSon
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When the file is loaded locallly (i.e. NOT via a web server), then "C:/..." would be a valid path.
When served via a web server, it is most likely that this is NOT a valid path, so you would have to change it to be relative to your initial document, or to the root of your WEB SERVER, not your DRIVE.
Hope this helps,
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When served via a web server, it is most likely that this is NOT a valid path, so you would have to change it to be relative to your initial document, or to the root of your WEB SERVER, not your DRIVE.
Hope this helps,
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