Open URL script

[djc728]

Hello all:

I have a container field with a "reference" to a PDF on our WINDOWS server. Up to this point ONLY windows machines were using the app. Now with a few MACs when a Mac user double clicks on the container field - they get the error message File not found.

I was thinking of putting a button on the container field and testing for the system platform and then use the OPEN URL script to open the file up. It works for the windows side but I must be missing something on the Mac side.

I have my path on the mac side set to:

smb://ServerName/directory/filename.pdf

After executing OPEN URL with the above path it doesn't choke but it doesn't open the pdf either. I checked the Get(LastError) and it is 0 so I'm assuming the command is functioning ok.

On the windows side you need file://Path. I tried putting "file://" in front of the smb://... but that generates an error of 5.

Any ideas or am I barking up the wrong tree with the Open URL command.

I have all the proper permissions to the folder in question.

Thanks.

[IdealData]

If you drag a PDF file (on the Windows server into Safari you will get a clue.

file:///Volumes/ServerName/Folder/file

Notice the /// triple slash.

smb: is not supported.

Edited February 22, 2010 by Guest

[djc728]

Thank you - I did as you mentioned and dragged the file into Safari and got the path.

Thanks it WORKED

I owe you one.

Have a wonderful day.