Open PDF document file from file system

Notes/Domino 8 Forum

Subject: Open PDF document file from file system

Feedback Type: Question

Product Area: Designer Client

Technical Area: Application development

Platform: ALL

Release: All

Reproducible: Always

I have a process where I detach a file into a directory on the server. (This directory is an offshoot of the the domino/data directory.)

I want to open that file directly from the web. I have tried multiple options but all fail:

http://server/path/test.pdf

file://server/path/test.pdf

When trying to open the file I always get an error, "Windows cannot find file...". But I know it exists and the path is correct.

As a test I tried to open some standard files in the data directory, such as "text.gif". I get the same error messages for this.

It seems that I can only open .nsf files via these methods. Everything else fails.

Is this a permissions problem? If so, how do I correct it?

I have a workaround where I re-attach the file to a new notes document. I can open that via the normal ?OpenElement url. But doing it this way takes a lot longer.

what can I do to open the file in place on the server???

Thank you,
Eric

Feedback number WEBB8QTW5N created by ~Umberto Nonfanalitikle on 01/24/2012

Status: Open
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