Open PDF document file from file system

I have a process where I detach a file into a directory on the server. (This directory is an offshoot of the the domino/data directory.)

I want to open that file directly from the web. I have tried multiple options but all fail:

http://server/path/test.pdf

file://server/path/test.pdf

When trying to open the file I always get an error, “Windows cannot find file…”. But I know it exists and the path is correct.

As a test I tried to open some standard files in the data directory, such as “text.gif”. I get the same error messages for this.

It seems that I can only open .nsf files via these methods. Everything else fails.

Is this a permissions problem? If so, how do I correct it?

I have a workaround where I re-attach the file to a new notes document. I can open that via the normal ?OpenElement url. But doing it this way takes a lot longer.

what can I do to open the file in place on the server???

Thank you,

Eric

Subject: Re: Open PDF document file from file system

Non-Nsf files must reside in the data/domino/html directory or any sub-folder to be accessible via web browser.

eg. c:/ibm/domino/data/domino/html/foo/test.pdf

http://myserver.com/foo/test.pdf

If this does not work either you may have configured a different directory in your server document or your web-site document.

Subject: That worked.

Thank you for the tip.