Linking my web page to a text file

[shunt]

Hi,

I have a text file on a pc that is remote to the inet server. I would like to link my html page to this text document.

I have tried:
<a href="\\RemotePc\SharedDirectory\FileName">hello world!</a>

but this does not work.

They are on the same network and everyone has full rights on the shared directory.

[JoshT]

Use file:// for local files (which isn't local in this case, but it is part of the filesystem).

<a href="file://\\RemotePc\SharedDirectory\FileName">hello world!</a>

[shunt]

Thanks for the tip JoshT, but this is not working. I also noticed that

file//\\SharedFolder

at design time, changes to

file////ShareFolder

at run time?

[JoshT]

Yeah, the backslashes are technically more correct as they are cross platform.

It works for me. Are you sure you're naming the file right?

<a href="file:////ComputerName/Shared/test.jpg">test</a>

[JoshT]

You're missing the : after file (file://)

[shunt]

this is my exact code:

<a href="file://krf_tug_mqs/MessagesFiles/<%=rserrors.fields("message").value%>">


It does not redirect me to the file. It adds the above to the current address that I am on.

[sail3005]

it works fine for me....i just tested it