Question

I recently built a HTML and Javascript web application that opens specific folders throughout a network of accessible drives. This app works well when it is rendered in IE; however, the folder paths do not work in FireFox.

The following is an example of the path format that I am using to open the folders in IE:

{
    window.open('\\\\Server-1\\Folder-1\\Folder-2');
}

The path actually has 4 backward slashes at the beginning and 2 bakcward slashes between each folder. It appears different when rendered.

When I run this app in FireFox, the window or new tab appears, but there is nothing rendered. I’ve manually entered the path and FireFox converts it to: file://///Server-1/Folder-1/Folder-2. Does anyone know what the correct syntax would be (i.e. window.open(?...))?

Answer 1

Here is something that might help you. It is considered a security risk by Mozilla.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_do_not_work