Hi Ben Did the file open correctly in the browser when you dragged it from the file manager?
Best wishes Jeremy. On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Ben John <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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