Hi Jeremy - thanks for that - I've copied and pasted from my file manager and the address shows as a link in the tiddler but when I click on it nothing happens.
: file:///C:/Wikidata/RESPONSE%20FORM%20WITH%20FORMULAE%20FINAL%20copy%202.xls On 8 December 2014 at 21:07, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]> wrote: > The easiest technique I've found for getting the correct link to a file is > to locate the file in your file manager (Windows Explorer or Mac Finder) > and drag it to the icon for your browser. On most browsers, the file will > be opened in a new window and you'll be able to copy and paste the URL from > the browser address bar. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Birthe C <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Ben >> >> I had to try more than 50 times before I had my first success getting my >> file. To me one of the obstacles was using danish translated Windows, but >> the link that worked ended up being a mixture. To find the link, I found >> the file in filemanager, right clicked for a shortcut, looked at that in >> properties and copied. Now I only had to rewrite with the forward slashes. >> If you have all your files at the same folder, you will only have to do >> that once. >> >> Looking at your link, I will add that I could not make my link work to >> files with spaces in the title or special danish letters. >> >> >> Birthe >> >> >> On Monday, December 8, 2014 6:53:14 PM UTC+1, benjohn wrote: >>> >>> Hi Tobias - here's what I get >>> >>> *File not found* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *The address wasn't understoodFirefox 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. * >>> *and* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Firefox can't find the file at >>> /C:/Users/Ben/Desktop/Tiddlywikkis/Users/Ben/Desktop/RESPONSE WITH FORMULAE >>> FINAL copy 2. Check the file name for capitalization or other typing >>> errors. Check to see if the file was moved, renamed or deleted.* >>> Any help would be appreciated >>> >>> >>> >>> On 8 December 2014 at 17:23, Tobias Beer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Stephen, >>>> >>>> >>>>> though you can link to external files, only certain types will execute >>>>> inside your browser >>>>> >>>> >>>> Not sure exactly where (I would do that in Chrome) but I know that you >>>> can tell Firefox which filetypes to open in the browser and which in >>>> another program, i.e. pdf... that is, of course, in sofar as the browser >>>> natively supports it or via some addon. Otherwise it will always open the >>>> external application, unless the file asked to be openeed is an executable >>>> where a browser might just refuse to do so. >>>> >>>> If my file location is file:///C:/Users/Ben/Desktop/T >>>>> iddlywikkis/ONS%20Notebook.htm >>>> >>>> >>>> Afaik, the location of your file does not matter for filesystem links. >>>> Of course, you can only make use of relative paths using >>>> [ext[path/file]] <http://tiddlywiki.com/#Linking%20in%20WikiText> when >>>> your file resides in a subfolder to your wiki folder. >>>> >>>> Best wishes, Tobias. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Jeremy Ruston > mailto:[email protected] > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
