I'm sorry, I am not a regular Chrome user. Chrome does not seem to have a list of applications like FireFox has.
I saw some posts that said you might be able to launch Microsoft documents after you install "IE Tab" extension. But I did not try this because you have to install the extension and register with your email and maybe even pay a licensing fee. (https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e1539034-bda0-4f76-bd21-f5954c7fe2c1/problem-opening-spreadsheet-in-excel-when-using-latest-google-chrome?forum=sharepointadminprevious) For PDF's, I saw a post from Adobe that said you could install the Adobe PDF extension and then change a setting in Chrome to allow opening PDF's from Chrome (https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/open-in-acrobat-reader-from-chrome.html). Perhaps someone who understands Chrome better can help you. -- Mark On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 5:02:38 PM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote: > > Thank you Mark! > > Sorry for asking, but how do i do the same in Chrome please? > > In Chrome when I try with the written link you kindly provided these > thinks happen. > 1. After saving the tiddly a clickable link with the letters INS (in blue > and with a line under them) appear > 2. Hovering the mouse over the letters INS brings up the link in the > bottom left of the Chrome window in the downloads area > 3. Left clicking on the INS link does nothing. > 4. Right clicking on the INS link and selecting open link in a new tab, > opens a blank link > 5. Right clicking on the INS link and selecting 'Copy Link Address' and > then copying that link into a new tab correctly opens the pdf file in the > new link chrome window. > > So in conclusion I still cant simply click on a pdf link in tiddly and > view the pdf. > > Hmmm any solutions please? > > Thank you very much. > Yours Faithfully > Paul > > On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 9:07:04 AM UTC+11, Mark S. wrote: >> >> In order to launch the file, you need to tell your Firefox browser what >> you want to do with the Exel (or PDF) format. You do that in >> options/settings/applications. Find the listing for PDF and change the >> action so that it opens with your local PDF reader. Same for Microsoft Exel. >> >> Inside of TW, you can use a link like: >> >> [ext[myfile.pdf]] >> >> However, if you need to specify the path, and if the path has spaces (as >> in your example) then you need to give the full name, swapping Windows >> reverse slashes "\" for web forward slashes "/". So your name might be >> something like: >> >> [ext[INS|file:///C:/Users/123 Fred/Google Drive/PERSONAL/Insurance >> Form.pdf]] >> >> Unfortunately, this seems to invoke an empty tab in the process. Messy, >> but it works. >> >> -- Mark >> >> On Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 6:45:46 PM UTC-8, [email protected] >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> 2nd post. >>> >>> 1. Have a pdf at this location I would like to open from my Tiddly. >>> >>> *How do i write the address in a tiddly to open this pdf please?* >>> C:\Users\123 Fred\Google Drive\PERSONAL\Insurance Form >>> >>> >>> 2. Have a xlsx file at this location I would like to open my Tiddly. >>> *How do i write the address in a tiddly to open this xlsx file please?* >>> C:\Users\123 Fred\Google Drive\PERSONAL\Insurance Payments.xlsx >>> >>> Thank you very much. >>> Yours Faithfully >>> Paul >>> >>> Windows: 10 Pro Version 1709 >>> Chrome: Version 64.0.3282.119 (Official Build) (64-bit) >>> >>> >>> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/fd6bf169-bd5c-4b69-b724-f1f52b0b00b4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
