[Framers] Linking to a LAN Shared Drive

[john.x.posada at us.hsbc.com]

Thanks...some things are under my control and some I can only suggest. I've been suggesting the "no space" issue...the jury is out.

One of the advantages to having a closed highly regulated environment is we pretty much all uie the same desktop software pack, so the variation of browsers is kept to a minimum.

I'll evaluate the double slash vs the forward slash. Thanks 

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon BUCH [mailto:simon.buch at m-ais.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2017 10:46 AM
To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. <framers at lists.frameusers.com>; John X Posada <john.x.posada at us.hsbc.com>
Subject: Re: [Framers] Linking to a LAN Shared Drive


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?





 


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