[TW5] Link to local Word or Excel document

[Bob Flandard]

Hello,

Is it possible to put a link in a tiddler to a Word or Excel file (or any other application) on my local disk, so that when I click it the file opens in the application?

Thanks,

Bob

[Eric Shulman]

On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 11:47:03 AM UTC-7, Bob Flandard wrote:

Is it possible to put a link in a tiddler to a Word or Excel file (or any other application) on my local disk, so that when I click it the file opens in the application?

In TW5, you can create an explicit external link using:

[ext[text to show|URL or relative path/file]]

(i.e., similar to a regular TW link, but with "ext" added in between the first two brackets)

However, the *handling* for specific application file types is determined by the browser configuration.  If the browser has an association between the file type and the application, then clicking the external link will launch the application.  If there is no file type association, most browsers just invoke their 'download and save' dialog.

enjoy,

-e

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[Bob Flandard]

Hello Eric,

Thanks for the quick reply. That does the trick.

All the best,

Bob