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Can't link to local storage
We have a private WIKI and want to link to documents on our LAN. Obviously if we access when not on our site we won't be able to see them, but we are happy for that. What we don't want to do is have to duplicate our local storage online.
Is there a way of launching a file e.g. m:\docs\applicationForm.pdf
Is there a way of launching a file e.g. m:\docs\applicationForm.pdf
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Inappropriate?I don't think there's a way that we can do this through PBwiki, I tried it on my wiki and it didn't work. However, my google-fu is strong today, I suggest you check out this site - I think it's right up your alley.
http://manual.dojotoolkit.org/WikiHom...
I’m in <3 with the internet
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Inappropriate?Opening local resources from the web is a security issue and thus even the methods you see online on other sites (linking to file:///C:/somefile.txt for example) may not work in all cases (and especially since IE7 has funny security permissions). Can you just tell them where the resource is in your wiki, specifying the local path, so they can find it on their own? Not ideal, but it's a problem that isn't PBwiki-specific.
As for Casey's link to Dojo Storage, that won't work in this specific case, because Dojo is used to create a local resource for browser-based applications and not to link already local resources to an application. That doesn't take away from how awesome it actually is, however. -
Inappropriate?Telling them where the resource is. The paths are long and would reduce the chance of them opening the documents.
**If I could write my own URI launcher (like file: skype: etc), then how would i construct the link in the PB1.0 in the editor?**
I'll take a look at interceptors as I call them.
That way I could have:
ourfile: somedir\file.doc and in my interceptor enforce:
1) no root dir access, so the above would be mapped to m:\docs\somedir\file.doc
2) No ..'s
3) Restriction on what types of files to launch.
Cheers, JAC
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Inappropriate?If you create links with "other" as the protocol, you can basically type in anything you want. Is that what you're looking for?
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Inappropriate?Vu, Thanks for the hint. Won't work without programming on two counts:
doesn't seem to store "\"'s. Also, firefox seems to take c:\1\1.txt -> c:11.txt -> it says it doesn't know what to do with c.
Thanks & I'll let you know when I have something working.
JAC.
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