[Framers] Linking to a LAN Shared Drive

[Simon BUCH]

FrameMaker uses the backslash character in dialogs for specifying 
special characters, such as \D equates to a double dagger symbol. To 
avoid this, you will need to double up the backslashes, thus:
file:///\\\\xxx.xxx.xxx\\xx\\CORP\\MANY\\DEPTDATA\\xxxx\\xxx_Reference.pdf

FrameMaker historically had multi-platform support, and so all path 
names in FrameMaker can be specified using forward slashes, for example:
     file://hostname/xx/CORP/MANY/DEPTDATA/xxxx/xxx_Reference.pdf

You may want to consider NOT referencing file content, as some browsers 
- Internet Explorer and Google Chrome - can get picky, and fail to 
display content.  Additionally, spaces and 'extended' characters in path 
names can also cause trouble.


I hope this helps.
// Simon BUCH

On 06/10/2017 14:26, john.x.posada at us.hsbc.com wrote:
> Hi  Guys…something odd.
>
> In the Hypertext dialog box with command Go to URL, I enter
>
> message URL File:///\\xxx.xxx.xxx\xx\CORP\MANY\DEPTDATA\xxxx\xxx_Reference.pdf
>
> When I click the button, it converts to:
>
> message URL File:///\\xxx.xxx.xxx\xx\CORP\smANY‡EPTDATA\xxxx\xxx_Reference.pdf
>
> What’s with …CORP\smANY‡EPTDATA… and how do I prevent it from altering what I’m entering?