Aaron D. Marasco wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am having trouble with file links in 0.9.6 and was wondering if anybody
> has seen this before. I know it's ugly to do a file link to the C: drive,
> but it is an internal page and we all have the software installed in the
> same location. The first attempt is:
> [file:///C:/EDK/doc/usenglish/help/platform_studio/platform_studio.htm]
> which doesn't work.
>
> I have tried putting it in quotes, like
> http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/2594 says to:
> [file:"//C:/EDK/doc/usenglish/help/platform_studio/platform_studio.htm"]
>
> I have done it with and without quotes in and out of brackets. With 2 to 4
> leading /'s.
> file:///C:/EDK/doc/usenglish/help/platform_studio/platform_studio.htm
> file:"///C:/EDK/doc/usenglish/help/platform_studio/platform_studio.htm"
> etc
>
> I have tried changing security settings in Mozilla like
> http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracFaq#how-can-i-make-links-to-files-on-the-network-via-unc-path-links
> said to (which BTW uses a TinyURL that is now dead). But it's the same in
> MSIE.
>
> The worst part about it, is that with most of these solutions (2-3
> slashes), if I right click on it and choose "Copy Link Location" and then
> paste it into the address bar, the HTML file I want comes right up, so the
> URI itself seems to be valid.
>
> Any ideas? TIA.
>   
It's a security issue, http:// files can't open file:// files.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_don't_work

HTH,
Daniel Serodio
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