Hi Jeremy yes it did
Ben On 8 December 2014 at 21:25, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > 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. 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