why is it????? can open file using < a href, but not javascript

[faithful1]

Hello, I'm going crazy trying to figure this one out. Any help would be appreciated.

I can open up a local file using <a href="\\servername\sharename\filename"

however, when I pass this to javascript, trying to do a window.open("\\servername\sharename\filename") I get file not found.

The reason I want to open in a new window is to hide the address and title bars. Also, I've tried to send the local path of the file only to receive access denied errors. the part I don't understand, is why when using an anchor tag, I can open the file without any issues, but when using javascript, it seems I may have some permission issues.

Any help is appreciated!!!! Thanks!

 

[ca8msm]

This is more appropiate to ask in the javascript (forum216)


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