I have to save a fileshare link in a sharepoint list and i want that file to be opened when the link is clicked, the normal sharepoint hyperlink column does not work for me in this case as it embeds the http:// with the url. How can I handle this scenario? the link i want to save is in the format \192.168.1.2\myserver\myfile.pdf and the text to be shown in the column is "myfile"
A:
The first question would be why are you storing files in shared folders (e.g. \SERVER\SHARE\FILES etc) rather than inside a SharePoint document library?
If you can move the files to a doc library then this problem goes away (plus you get all the other doc library goodies such as versioning)
Assuming you want/have to keep with UNC paths you have the choice of using the file:// protocol so
if you put in
\\192.168.1.2\myserver\myfile.pdf
This will be converted to
file://192.168.1.2/myserver/myfile.pdf
(or of course you can enter it using file:// in the first place)
Ryan
2010-09-23 14:43:58