I imagine this is a security risk and is not possible but it can't hurt to ask.
I have 2 files located in C:\TestIn IE from the address bar I can type. File:///C:\Test\NewDoc.xls
and that file opens in Excel. Likewise I can type File:///C:\Test\NewDoc.txt and the other file will open in notepad. Is there a way that I can create an asp.net webpage with an <h ref> tag or meta tag redirect or even server side redirect or javascript document.location.href = "..." so the same thing will happen.

we have a shared directory with the same mapping letter, so if I save a link to a file at H:\test\test.txt then another person at another computer will be able to open that same file from our website link. Note: I'm storing these links in a database.

Does no one out there have an answer to this?

can you just use an html link object???

HTH

Gonzalo

Yes, this is quite possible. I would suggest setting up a virtual directory of some sort through IIS then in your href you could do something like this:

a href="http://mysite/virtualdirectory/somefile.xls" target = "new"

That will work to download the file, the user will just have to select open instead of Save if they wish to view it right then.

HTH

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