Aug 15, 2013 · The URL generated is a blob URL for downloading or referencing that copy stored in memory inside the browser client's JS runtime. That's not going to help in creating a link to a local file; it's a link to a copy stored in memory (that otherwise won't behave differently once we …

Aug 19, 2012 · By definition, file: URLs are system-dependent, and they have little use. A URL as in your example works when used locally, i.e. the linking page itself is in the user’s computer.

Jul 5, 2011 · The above represents a link to a file called k:/yourfile.pdf on the k: drive on the machine on which you are viewing the URL. You can do this, for example the below creates a link to C:\temp\test.pdf

May 23, 2011 · Why do these links not work? If I click on them in FF or Chrome, nothing happens - it doesn't even try to open them!

Dec 6, 2012 · To link a JavaScript file to an HTML file, use the <script> tag with the src attribute.

Jul 17, 2015 · open and edit text file via html link. Related. 2. open html xls link into EXCEL application (not in IE ...

May 26, 2009 · Answer below is what I created to link html contents from another shared drive to the html page I would send out to managers. Of course, the path is relative to your using, but in my case, I would just send them the html, and everything else that is updated from load runner dynamically would be updated for me.

Aug 21, 2017 · This answer is outdated. We now have the download attribute. (see also this link to MDN). If by "the download link" you mean a link to a file to download, use

Mar 25, 2018 · Clear now that code-formatting is in place -- just as the question subject says, he wants to link to a local file. The first one should work (it's the correct format for specifying a pathname with a Windows drive letter).

Sep 25, 2008 · Ignoring the fact that the idea is obviously a couple of methods short of a class, do you chaps know of any way to link to samba file shares in html in a cross-browser way? In windows one does \\computer\share, in linux one does smb://computer/share, neither of which work afaik from browsers that aren't also used as file managers (e.g. any ...