(TW5) Launching Excel files in Wiki5

[Caren Shiozaki]

My Wiki is resident on an external  hard drive, and therefore I do not have to specify a drive.  I am creating it using Chrome.

 

I have 2 files in a folder called “Para 62”:   “John Status.pdf”  and  “Sales List.xls”

 

The syntax that I use to link the pdf file is as follows:

<a href=”Para 62\John Status.pdf”target=”_blank”>John’s status report for June</a>

 

The link appears as:

John’s status report for June

And when you click on it, the pdf automatically opens in a new tab.  All good.

 

Now, when I use this same syntax for the Excel file:

<a href=”Para 62\Sales List.xls”target=”_blank”>List of Sales </a>

 

I see:

List of Sales

 

But when you click on it, the “Save As” screen appears….asking the viewer where to save the file  “Sales List.xls” 

If I remove the [ target=”_blank” ]  phrase,  you still see the link. Clicking on it asks you if you want to leave the Wiki page.  If you say yes – it takes you to the same “Save As” screen.

 

Note: in Wiki  Classic , I used this syntax:  [[List of Sales|.\Para 62\Sales List.xls]].   I was able to launch the Excel file successfully  (but the Wiki was opened was using IE).

 

What am I doing wrong in TW5?  Note: the user requires that this Wiki must be able to operate within IE and Chrome.

 

Thank you…

[Stephan Hradek]

1. You should stop using "\" as URLs require "/" as a separator.
2. You browser needs to know what to start when an xls or xlsx file is "downloaded" So usually when this "save dialog" appears you should also be able to start some application.

[PMario]

On Thursday, March 13, 2014 5:21:05 PM UTC+1, Caren Shiozaki wrote:

What am I doing wrong in TW5?  Note: the user requires that this Wiki must be able to operate within IE and Chrome.

IE version?
Chrome version?

In an enterprise environment, both versions may be locked or managed by IT, so versions may be important.

-m

[PMario]

Got a pm.

On Thursday, March 13, 2014 6:20:32 PM UTC+1, PMario wrote:

IE version?
Chrome version?

The latest versions of both:  IE 11, and Chrome v 33.0.1750.146 m

-m

[Jeremy Ruston]

Hi Caren

Sorry for the late reply.

I think the problem here is that only IE is capable of displaying Excel spreadsheets within the browser (it has plugins and ActiveX components to enable it to do that). Firefox and Chrome can't view Excel files directly and so instead prompt you to download the file so that you can open it in Excel on the desktop.

So I think the solution is to use IE - not a recommendation you'll hear very often!

Best wishes

Jeremy

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[Caren Shiozaki]

Hi Jeremy,

I was afraid you were going to say that!  Given my lack of programming expertise, would you humor me with responses to these questions:

ISSUE 1:

I’ve opened my Wiki using IE-11.  Now, I cannot get any of my document links to work (pdf or xls).

I did a little test using the same syntax that had previously worked in Wiki Classic:

[[John’s status report for June|.\Para 62\John Status.pdf]]

 

I do see:   John’s status report for June

However, clicking on it does nothing.  Ditto for the Excel file.

Suggestions as to what I should do next?

 

ISSUE 2:

I downloaded  TiddlyIE  so that I can start saving on IE.  When I tried to save, I received an error message  “Internal Java Script Error”  suggesting that I refresh IE.

I did that, but still couldn’t save.

 

Appreciate further insight.

 

Cheers…

[Jeremy Ruston]

Hi Caren

ISSUE 1:

I’ve opened my Wiki using IE-11.  Now, I cannot get any of my document links to work (pdf or xls).

I did a little test using the same syntax that had previously worked in Wiki Classic:

[[John’s status report for June|.\Para 62\John Status.pdf]]

Aha. TW5 won't recognise the link as an external link because it doesn't start with http or https.

You can instead write this:

<a href=".\Para 62\John Status.pdf">John’s status report for June</a>

 

ISSUE 2:

I downloaded  TiddlyIE  so that I can start saving on IE.  When I tried to save, I received an error message  “Internal Java Script Error”  suggesting that I refresh IE.

I did that, but still couldn’t save.

I can confirm that I can duplicate the problem. I've created a ticket including a notification to the author of TiddlyIE:

https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/495

Best wishes

Jeremy.

[David Jade]

Hmm, I can't reproduce this. Can anyone that can reproduce this tell me whether the TiddlyIE Helper (from TinyOctopus LLC) is showing and enabled in their IE browser? You might have to load a TW empty.html file first to see the current loaded state.

There's more info in the github issue tracker on other possible things to check.

David