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**killerwhale65** · 03-18-2009, 10:39 AM

Hello,

I want to link to a local PDF file:

Code:

<a class="nota" href="D:\\business\\facturen\\2006001.pdf">2006001</a>

Works fine in IE.

In opera however, sometimes nothing at all happens when i click the link, and sometimes i get this error:

Quote:

Error!
The address type is unknown or unsupported

You tried to access the address d:%5Cbusiness%5Cfacturen%5C2006001.pdf, which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the Web address (URL) is correctly spelt and punctuated, then try reloading the page.
Make sure your Internet connection is active and check whether other applications that rely on the same connection are working.

Strangely enough, when i rightclick the link and choose 'copy link address', then paste it in the address bar and hit enter, the PDF opens fine!

Online PDF's open fine in Opera.

What could be wrong?

thanks!

Matt

**chrishirst** · 03-18-2009, 10:47 AM

Try using the file: protocol href="file:///d|path_to_file"

**killerwhale65** · 03-18-2009, 10:51 AM

Code:

<a class="nota" href="file:///d|business\\facturen\\2006001.pdf">2006001</a>

Nothing happens when i click. When i copy the link and then paste it in the address bar, it opens.

**chrishirst** · 03-18-2009, 10:53 AM

you do have too many "\"s in the path BTW

**killerwhale65** · 03-18-2009, 10:55 AM

a single backslash gives me php error.
A single forward slash also does not open.

**killerwhale65** · 03-18-2009, 11:29 AM

i've tested this a bit further and made a simple html file:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
<a href="C:\Documents and Settings\Matt\Desktop\certificaat.jpg">test</a>
</body>
</html>

Clicking either does nothing or opens the same error. Entering the path directly in the address bar opens the file correctly.

Seems like an Opera bug?

**LadynRed** · 03-18-2009, 02:52 PM

Is this document on a network, or on a web site ? If it's on a network, you'll need the FULLY QUALIFIED path, not a path to YOUR hard drive. If it's from a web page, then you don't need the path, you just need a proper link to the pdf:
<a href="xxxxxxxx.pdf">pdf</a>

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