What I used was: <a href="c:\users\richard\documents\mytiddly\stlukeconcertseries.pdf" target="blank">Your Link Text</a>
This did not open a new window. This opened a new tab. This did not open the file. So I may have another problem with the file name also. I can try Daniel Baird's direction. On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 1:36:39 AM UTC-4, Daniel Baird wrote: > > > On 30 July 2014 13:33, Richard Smith <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> [...] >>> >>> >>> *Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because one of the >>> following protocols (c) isn't associated with any program or is not allowed >>> in this context. You might need to install other software to open this >>> address.* >>> >> >> hmmm... are you using an old version of firefox or on a corporate >> network? Firefox is supposed to be able to open pdf's by default now. There >> is some more information here, with some alternative solutions. >> >> > the bit about "...one of the following protocols (c) isn't associated..." > makes it sound like you've used a Windows style file path to say where the > PDF file is, starting with the drive letter, like C:\whatever. > > In a web browser you can't use paths like that, you need something more > like: > file:///C|/My Documents/ALetter.html > yes that's triple slashes, and a pipe character | instead of a colon : . > > > Cheers > Daniel > > > -- > Daniel Baird > objoke: I had a problem and decided to solve it with threading. Now, > have problems. two I > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
