Open Native[Word Excel PDF] Files on Servoy

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Hi,

I am having problem opening native files like Word, Excel, PDF using Web Client.

What I have at the moment is a List of FilePaths to the files on my desktop and I want to open them by clicking on a button.
I don’t intend to save these files as BLOB instead want to open them using the Filepath.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Sunil

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Hi Sunil,

Since you are in webclient (runs in fact on the server)I think you need to put the filepaths in HTML and let the browser handle them.
I.e.

<a href="file://path/to/my/local/file.ext">my local file</a>

Edit:
Come to think of it, I am not sure if the browser will open them for you in their respective applications…
So I really wonder if it’s doable what you want with the webclient.

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Thanks Robert for your response.

Yeah, I had previously tried out your solution but failed to open up the file.

If you or anyone in this forum has any other idea on this, please do let me know.

Regards,
Sunil