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Re: Hyperlink to file in local drive

schung — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:38:00 GMT

Patrick.

I was trying to follow your advice. I am still having problem.
I created a file (in share drive w/ full access)
then linked it. I used s:\file.doc. When I tried to access it, it didn't work.

What am I doing wrong?

Re: Hyperlink to file in local drive

Patrick Halstead — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:13:26 GMT

Hi Trimba,
Yes, I'd try that. It's not ideal, and I don't recommend it as a best practice, but if that works for you, I'm happy. Good luck!

Re: Hyperlink to file in local drive

trimba — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:10:53 GMT

Hi Patrick,

Thank you ...

I'll find out how to make form full thrusted.
So I need to add a button and put the code to open the file inside the onclick event right ?

Re: Hyperlink to file in local drive

Patrick Halstead — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:03:57 GMT

Hi Trimba,
You don't have to manually change the XSL. In the InfoPath Designer you can add a hyperlink control. Unfortunately, due to security issues, you can't open local files directly. Put the same file on a network share and try again. If you have a full trust form you can add code to open the files, but links don't work.

Hyperlink to file in local drive

trimba — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:41:35 GMT

Hi guys,

I would like to create a hyperlink in Infopath form that refer to file in user local drive.

In view1.xsl, I've added:

<a href="C:\test.txt" target="_blank" xd:disableEditing="yes">link to local drive</a>

<a href="C:/test.txt" target="_blank" xd:disableEditing="yes">link to local drive</a>

<a href="file:///C:/test.txt" target="_blank" xd:disableEditing="yes">link to local drive</a>

None of them working. It's not even opening a new IE window.

Any suggestion for creating a hyperlink to open file in local drive.
Any help will be very much appreciated.

Thank you