File link and Universal: open files directly

Question

Hi all,In several applications within our environment, we use File link-domains in the Windows GUI to open files stored on a shared network drive. For example DWG drawings, but also PDFs: Drawings that open in AutoCAD / DWG True ViewIn the Universal GUI this does not work in the same way, because the GUI always downloads the file instead of opening it directly in the default application for the specific file type.As we move from the Windows GUI to the Universal GUI, I am curious to learn what other customers have done to address this.

Mark Jongeling · Answer

Hi Patrick,In most Web applications, any reference to a file will typically result in a download, or previewed if possible like a PDF. After downloading however, you can open the file with the program of your choice.Some alternatives could be a Copy to clipboard where the user can copy the path to the file to then paste it in their file manager program to find/open it. This is what we do in the Software Factory, for example,when you write the synchronization file to storage.Perhaps an open link may also work as file://server/folderas this has the potential to open that folder on the given server, but I haven't tried this out. I too am curious about other Community members their solutions to this.

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