You definately do NOT want to include the absolute path 'C:/' - use
relative paths, or if you absolutely want to give the full URL, then
use the format 'http://yourdomain.com/' - as the file(s) will have to
be located relative to your web root.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Peyton Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This one ought to be easy for someone who knows how. I want to load a pdf
> into a web page child window. When I put the pdf on the website's directory,
> the following code (where the function is passed a job number naming the pdf)
> works without a hitch:
>
> function ScannedStyle(jn){
> jn = jn + '.pdf';
> win=window.open(jn,'Style','width=800,height=500,resizable=yes');
> win.focus();
> win.moveTo(50,50);
> }
>
> However, in the real life situation, there will be thousands of pdf's,
> located on an arbitrary directory elsewhere on the server. The following does
> not work:
>
> function ScannedStyle(jn){
> subdir = jn.substr(0,3); //subdirectories are first 3 digits of each jobno
> dir = 'c:/ScannedStyles/' + subdir + '/';
> jn = dir + jn + '.pdf';
> alert(jn); //this says e.g. 'c:/ScannedStyles/513/51310.pdf' just as it
> should
> win=window.open(jn,'Style','width=800,height=500,resizable=yes');
> win.focus();
> win.moveTo(50,50);
> }
>
> Firefox objects, saying 'Firefox doesn't know how to open the address
> because the protocol (c) isn't associated with any program'.
>
> Since it appears to be taking the 'c' drive designation as the name of a
> protocol, that suggests that I need to specify one. However, the following
> also does not work:
>
> function ScannedStyle(jn){
> subdir = jn.substr(0,3); //subdirectories are first 3 digits of each jobno
> dir = 'file://c:/ScannedStyles/' + subdir + '/';
> jn = dir + jn + '.pdf';
> win=window.open(jn,'Style','width=800,height=500,resizable=yes');
> win.focus();
> win.moveTo(50,50);
> }
>
>
> What should I be doing?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Peyton
>
>
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