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Make sure <a href="local file"> is opened outside of browser

Answer 1

+1 A:

Do you WANT people to just mess around with things lying on your server? That reeks of lack of security to me...

I'd recommend letting the user check it out locally and using a database or similar to allow people to check in new drafts. Said drafts should be verified and validated somehow before they are actually written to the server's filesystem.

Platinum Azure 2010-05-05 13:53:30

Yes, this is a requirement. It's a software for small companies where the common files are located on a network share and all files are edited "in-place". File access is managed by NTFS permissions.

Heinzi 2010-05-05 14:03:44

Answer 2

A:

I just tested this and it seems to work (IE6, not in FF or Chrome):

<HTML>
<script language="JavaScript">
  function startWord(strFile)
  {
    var myApp = new ActiveXObject("Word.Application");
    if (myApp != null)
    {
      myApp.Visible = true;
      myApp.Documents.Open(strFile);
    }
  }
</script>
<a href="javascript:startWord('file:///server/share/dir/test.doc')">test.doc</a>.

Found it here.

J.Hendrix 2010-05-05 14:25:19

Thanks, but Word files are not the problem here. The problem are text files, image files, and any other type of file that IE can display inline.

Heinzi 2010-05-05 15:25:31

You should see the link I referenced. It has other file-types/Program-associations. I can at least get you pointed in the right direction. Another alternative would be to write a custom protocol but this would require an install or regedit on the local machines.

J.Hendrix 2010-05-06 14:20:29

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