Hi Mario, BTW have you seen that there’s a thumbnail macro: http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Thumbnail+Macro
I think it does what you want. Thanks -Vincent > On 23 Aug 2016, at 15:37, Mario <mario.hofstaet...@automationx.com> wrote: > > vmassol wrote >> The office macro states that you can use a URL or an attachment, so I >> guess you could use a file://// URL (make sure to use only forward >> slashes). > > I tried file://// (four slashes?) as well as file:/// and file:// but non > seem to work. > E.g. {{office > reference="URL:file://serverhostname/folder/folder/MyFile.xlsx" > filterStyles="false"/}} > This link works when pasted to windows Explorer (on the xwiki server) > > Also tried with the "URL": {{office > reference="file://serverhostname/folder/folder/MyFile.xlsx" > filterStyles="false"/}} > > The macro exception stack (see http://pastebin.com/Q9vwCYhe ) using > URL:file:// clearly states that it is looking for an attachment as opposed > to a file link. > (Attachment [Attachment > ax:Sandbox.WebHome@URL:file://serverhostname/folder/folder/MyFile.xlsx] does > not exist.). The same goes for file:// > > Any ideas? I could still try some of the other windows file uri Schemas as > shown in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_URI_scheme > > Thank you. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://xwiki.475771.n2.nabble.com/Use-file-path-in-office-macro-tp7600777p7600801.html > Sent from the XWiki- Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users