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Reputation: 446

How create a link to open local file?

I'm trying create a link to files located in local folder but it doesn't open the file. I'm using razor to create the links. My code is below:

<a href="@item.URL\@item.FileName" class="btn btn-info">@item.FileName </a>

and this what it outputs...

<a class="btn btn-info" href="C:\Users\Dev\Documents\sp\Create.txt">Create.txt </a>

but it doesn't open the file for some reason

Upvotes: 2

Views: 7019

Answers (3)

Gil
Gil

Reputation: 1804

To call for a resource on your computer, you need to "tell" the browser it's a local path.

use:

<a href="file:///@item.URL\@item.FileName">

The file:/// (notice the three slashes) will indicate the location of the target.

Upvotes: 0

Eric J.
Eric J.

Reputation: 150208

The file does not open because the web server (fortunately, for security reasons) does not have access to the Dev user's Documents folder.

Use a relative path under the web application's root directory. App_Data is commonly used for that purpose, e.g.

<a href="@Url.Content("~/App_Data/sp/Create.txt")">Create.txt</a>

Upvotes: 5

Palak Bhansali
Palak Bhansali

Reputation: 731

This will work.

<a href="<%= Url.Content("~/sp/Create.txt") %>">Create.txt</a>

Upvotes: 0

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