Hi Jeremy,

I was afraid you were going to say that!  Given my lack of programming
expertise, would you humor me with responses to these questions:

ISSUE 1:

I've opened my Wiki using IE-11.  Now, I cannot get any of my document
links to work (pdf or xls).

I did a little test using the same syntax that had previously worked in
Wiki Classic:

[[John's status report for June|.\Para 62\John Status.pdf]] 

 

I do see:   John's status report for June

However, clicking on it does nothing.  Ditto for the Excel file.

Suggestions as to what I should do next?

 

ISSUE 2:

I downloaded  TiddlyIE  so that I can start saving on IE.  When I tried
to save, I received an error message  "Internal Java Script Error"
suggesting that I refresh IE.

I did that, but still couldn't save.

 

Appreciate further insight.

 

Cheers...

 

 

From: Jeremy Ruston [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 3:28 AM
To: TiddlyWiki; Caren Shiozaki
Subject: Re: [tw] (TW5) Launching Excel files in Wiki5

 

Hi Caren

 

Sorry for the late reply.

 

I think the problem here is that only IE is capable of displaying Excel
spreadsheets within the browser (it has plugins and ActiveX components
to enable it to do that). Firefox and Chrome can't view Excel files
directly and so instead prompt you to download the file so that you can
open it in Excel on the desktop.

 

So I think the solution is to use IE - not a recommendation you'll hear
very often!

 

Best wishes

 

Jeremy

 

 

 

 

 

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Caren Shiozaki <[email protected]>
wrote:

My Wiki is resident on an external  hard drive, and therefore I do not
have to specify a drive.  I am creating it using Chrome.

 

I have 2 files in a folder called "Para 62":   "John Status.pdf"  and
"Sales List.xls"

 

The syntax that I use to link the pdf file is as follows:

<a href="Para 62\John Status.pdf"target="_blank">John's status report
for June</a>

 

The link appears as:

John's status report for June

And when you click on it, the pdf automatically opens in a new tab.  All
good.

 

Now, when I use this same syntax for the Excel file:

<a href="Para 62\Sales List.xls"target="_blank">List of Sales </a>

 

I see:

List of Sales

 

But when you click on it, the "Save As" screen appears....asking the
viewer where to save the file  "Sales List.xls"  

If I remove the [ target="_blank" ]  phrase,  you still see the link.
Clicking on it asks you if you want to leave the Wiki page.  If you say
yes - it takes you to the same "Save As" screen.

 

Note: in Wiki  Classic , I used this syntax:  [[List of Sales|.\Para
62\Sales List.xls]].   I was able to launch the Excel file successfully
(but the Wiki was opened was using IE).

 

What am I doing wrong in TW5?  Note: the user requires that this Wiki
must be able to operate within IE and Chrome.

 

Thank you...

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