17.3 Url-File-Attachment with chrome*

[Peter Schmidt]

Hi all,
with google chrome and/or edge chromium I attach a file-url to an issue-Ticket.
It looks like this:
H:\xxx\yyy\name.docx
or
file://H:/xxx/yyy/name.docx

Now clicking attachment-Url in IE docx is directly opened.

With chrome* I get 
A window cannot be displayed. Your browser may be blocking pop-up windows.

How we have to write the file-attachment-url in SDM that browser opens word directly with the file named in the Attachment-url?

Writing file://H:/xxx/yyy/name.docx in the browsers url-field directly downloads the docx and it can be opened manually or autmatically with word.

Thanks and regards,
Peter

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Senior Technical Consultant
Fujitsu Services
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[Jussi Valkonen]

Hi Peter,

You might be hitting a security restriction which blocks you from doing that and while the arguments for and against that are open for discussion, this is what I found after re-visiting the subject years after I have a vague memory of being hit by this myself: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2087894/can-google-chrome-open-local-links

 

Kind regards,
Jussi

 

 

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[Peter Schmidt]

Hi Jussi,
many thanks for the link. I will discuss with customer.

But what I found was:
Typing something like: file:///H:/Dokumentation/aaa/bbb/XXX.html directly in browser works
BUT: Called from SDM Attachment URL it doesn't and we get:

Witch means: A window cannot be displayed. Your browser may be blocking pop-up windows.

Why does it work in browser (Chrome, Edge chromium) directly but not when it is called from SDM?

Nevertheless, I have to discuss the security factor with the customer, although this should only be used on the intranet.

Many thanks and best regards,
Peter

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Senior Technical Consultant
Fujitsu Services
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[Jussi Valkonen]

The difference is that from SDM you're clicking a link that points to a local file. A website crafted with malicious intent could be used to sniff information from your PC if access from websites to local files was allowed. This is why it is blocked and while we're at it, let's not even speculate why on earth MS decided that allowing that from non-chromium Edge and IE allowing is a good idea...

 

Kind regards,
Jussi

 

 

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