Hi Misi, What about using a Rich-text field? So they can paste in the link...
Regards, Chris On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 11:44, Fawver, Dustin <[email protected]> wrote: > I disagree with the AWS suggestion. It creates significant file > management overhead, especially at the beginning. There could be > additional costs. One would also have to have a way of keeping those files > synchronized. The issue is not one of making the files easily accessible > to the AR server. It’s making the AR server a convenient gateway for users > to quickly locate and access certain files, instead of having to navigate > through something like File Explorer in Windows. > > > > If the AR server doesn’t have access to the file servers themselves, I > don’t think that the view field would work, as the file server’s OS would > deny it access. I am presuming that file security will simply be handled > at the OS-level. > > > > Misi, will you need to have ARS control what different users see depending > upon their group membership? > > > > Dustin Fawver > > Sr. Help Desk Technician > > Information Technology Services > > > > P: 423-439-4648 > > [email protected] > > [image: itslogo] <http://www.etsu.edu/helpdesk> > > > > *From:* ARSList <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Tauf > Chowdhury > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 16, 2019 4:49 AM > *To:* ARSList <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: Letting users link to external files > > > > You can always dump your files in an AWS S3 bucket and set appropriate > general access permissions. You can then just hyperlink to the files in > question. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 16, 2019, at 4:27 AM, Misi Mladoniczky <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > No, that is not what is needed. There are a lot of different permissions > on the file system level, and we can not have the AR server access the file > servers. > > I just want to have an easy way to pick a file/path (or copy/paste it) > into a Remedy form, and then be able to display this as a clickable link > (or have a button to open it). > > It would also be nice if the file could be loaded for preview in a View > Field on request... > > Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://www.rrr.se > <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.rrr.se&c=E,1,u5_y3ROAsWsSMfGef8d6fG-T07CdXwp09gNeEnp1QX1M43TD7KdlL41X_6SsGbTvaZfnyjRnTl4ZwPIkcePbU5aRUDRr-bSfLz57qSQFR6uIuHFVJdj_Ng,,&typo=1> > (ARSList MVP 2011) > > Ask the Remedy Licensing Experts (Best R.O.I. Award at WWRUG10/11/12/13) > * RRR|License - Not enough Remedy licenses? Save money by optimizing. > * RRR|Log - Performance issues or elusive bugs? 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