Link to a network folder

[vinga]

Hi, I have placed my tiddlywiki on a network shared folder, and I'd
like to add a link to a pdf located in the same network subfolder.
I tried file:///192.168.1.55/subfolder/file.pdf, \
\192.168.1.55\subfolder\file.pdf, ... nothing works.
any help?

thanks.

[whatever]

If you mapped that folder to your own computer (ie, if you assigned it
a letter, such as X, for example), you can simply refer to it as if
it's on a local computer:
file:///X:/subfolder/file.pdf

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[Eric Shulman]

If you are using an IP address, then it's not a *local* file access,
so file:// would not be correct.

Try using a regular http URL, like this:
http://192.168.1.55/subfolder/file.pdf

Of course, if your network share server changes IP address (i.e,. re-
issued by the local DHCP server, if any), then all your links will
break. As noted by 'whatever', you would be better off mapping the
networked drive to a local drive letter, and then using a local
reference, like this:
file:///X:/subfolder/file.pdf

Then, as long as the network drive is mapped to the same drive letter
all the time, then those links will continue to work, even if the
network drive's IP is re-issued.

enjoy,
-e
Eric Shulman
TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios

[vinga]

Hi!

I mapped that network folder, and then with file:///X:/subfolder/file.pdf
it works!

Thanks to all!

[Sean Bergstedt]

This is an old post, but it seems to address my issues with trying to create a TW5 (on nodejs) link to an external network folder.  Hoping someone can still help me.

Say for example I want to navigate to:

O:\Practice Group Resources

on our network using windows explorer.  If I follow along the last post on this feed, I should be able to create an external link like so:

[ext[file:///O:/Practice Group Resources]] or

[ext[file:///O:/Practice%20Group%20Resources/]]

and have TW5 navigate me to that network folder from the browser.  I know this because when I enter file:///O:/Practice%20Group%20Resources/ into the browser, it does indeed take me to the web portal.

Any ideas on how to get this to work using TW5 nodejs?

Would greatly appreciate anyone's help.