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Workaround for being unable to view a local or shared drive file:/// in a browser
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html lang="en"> | |
| <!-- | |
| Very basic workaround for being unable to view local/network file:/// links in Chrome | |
| Referencde: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28724751/open-local-filesfile-using-chrome | |
| To use load this file in a browser with a querystring appended w/your local or shared drive file path. Example: | |
| https://mywebsite.com/ThisPage.html?sdfurl=C:\Documents\MyDocument.pdf | |
| or | |
| https://mywebsite.com/ThisPage.html?sdfurl=Z:\Resources\PDFs\MyFile2023.pdf | |
| --> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta charset="UTF-8"> | |
| <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> | |
| <title>Local or Network File</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <style>h1{color:#ccc; text-align:center; } body {padding-top: 4%; color: #444; text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1150px; } *{font-family:sans-serif; } h2 {border: 1px solid #537484; border-radius: 4px; padding: 5px 30px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; color: #537484; background: #ddf2fa; margin-top: -15px; display: inline-block; min-width: 590px; margin: 4px auto 15px; } a#sdfurl, a#sdfpath, input[type="text"] {padding: 10px 10px; border: 1px solid #aaa; display: block; max-width: 330px; text-align: center; border-radius: 5px; margin: 5px auto; } span#lbFolder, span#lbFile {font-weight:bold; color:#444; border:1px solid #ddd; padding:3px 7px; border-radius:4px; display:block; width:500px; margin:2px auto; } p:nth-child(2), #lbFile{font-size:19px; } p{color:#888; } p:nth-child(3), span#lbFolder{font-size:13px; font-weight:normal; } </style> | |
| <body> | |
| <h1>Local or Network File</h1> | |
| <p>File: <span id="lbFile"></span></p> | |
| <p>Folder: <span id="lbFolder"></span></p> | |
| <a href="#" onclick="showSDFURL()" id="sdfurl">View File in Browser (if possible)</a> | |
| <br/> | |
| <a href="#" onclick="showSDFPath()" id="sdfpath">View Network File Path</a> | |
| <script> | |
| var sharedDriveFileCheck = getSharedDriveFileURL(); | |
| function getShareDriveFilePath(){ | |
| var sharedDriveFilePath = ''; | |
| var urlContainsSharedDriveFilePath = (document.location.search.indexOf('sdfurl=',0)>-1); | |
| if(!urlContainsSharedDriveFilePath){ | |
| console.log('Sorry no shared drie file path provided.'); | |
| }else{ | |
| sharedDriveFilePath = document.location.search.split('?sdfurl=')[1]; | |
| sharedDriveFilePath = sharedDriveFilePath.split('/').join('\\'); | |
| } | |
| console.log('getShareDriveFilePath() = [' + sharedDriveFilePath + ']'); | |
| return sharedDriveFilePath; | |
| } | |
| function getSDFFolder(){ | |
| var folder = ''; | |
| try{ | |
| var path = getShareDriveFilePath(); | |
| var folderParts = path.split('\\'); | |
| folder = ''; | |
| for(var i=0;i<folderParts.length;i++){ | |
| if(i<folderParts.length-1){ | |
| folder = folder + folderParts[i] + '\\'; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| }catch(ex){ | |
| } | |
| return folder; | |
| } | |
| function getSDFFile(){ | |
| var file = ''; | |
| try{ | |
| var path = getShareDriveFilePath(); | |
| var folderParts = path.split('\\'); | |
| file = folderParts[folderParts.length-1]; | |
| return file; | |
| }catch(ex){ | |
| } | |
| return file; | |
| } | |
| function showSDFURL(){ | |
| try{ | |
| var sfURL = getSharedDriveFileURL(); | |
| if(sfURL != ''){ | |
| prompt('Shared/Network Path File URL:\n\nCopy/paste this URL into your browser address bar to view the file:\n(You must have access to the path/drive for the link to work)',sfURL); | |
| }else{ | |
| console.log('not redirecting.'); | |
| } | |
| }catch(ex){ | |
| } | |
| } | |
| function showSDFPath(){ | |
| var sfPath = getShareDriveFilePath(); | |
| if(sfPath != ''){ | |
| prompt('Shared/Network File Path:\n\nCopy/paste this path into a Windows Explorer (or compatible) file browser to view the file:',sfPath); | |
| }else{ | |
| console.log('not redirecting.'); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| function getSharedDriveFileURL(){ | |
| var sharedDriveFileURL = ''; | |
| var urlContainsSharedDriveFilePath = (document.location.search.indexOf('sdfurl=',0)>-1); | |
| if(!urlContainsSharedDriveFilePath){ | |
| console.log('Sorry no shared drie file path provided.'); | |
| }else{ | |
| sharedDriveFileURL = document.location.search.split('?sdfurl=')[1]; | |
| sharedDriveFileURL = 'file:///' + sharedDriveFileURL.split('\\').join('/'); | |
| } | |
| console.log('getSharedDriveFileURL() = [' + sharedDriveFileURL + ']'); | |
| return sharedDriveFileURL; | |
| } | |
| function redirectToSharedDriveFile(){ | |
| console.log('redirectToSharedDriveFile()...'); | |
| try{ | |
| var sfURL = getSharedDriveFileURL(); | |
| if(sfURL != ''){ | |
| document.getElementById('lbFolder').innerText = getSDFFolder(); | |
| document.getElementById('lbFile').innerText = getSDFFile(); | |
| }else{ | |
| console.log('not redirecting.'); | |
| } | |
| }catch(ex){ | |
| } | |
| } | |
| window.setTimeout(function(){ | |
| redirectToSharedDriveFile(); | |
| },100); | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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