T
Thorvald Boe
Hi,
I am currently developing and maintaining a large web application used
internally in our company. Sp2 is soon about to be rolled out,
however, this has some implications for our application.
A part of the application is a document module, where the users can
download documents to their pc. The documents are customer oriented,
so if a customer is called "customerA" the documents will be
downloaded to c:\data\customerA, customerB's documents will be
downloaded to c:\data\customerB etc. After download, a window pops up
containing a link to the local directory where the files are stored,
and when clicked, it should open a folder window for that directory.
After trying this with a client with sp2 installed, this doesn't work.
The documents are downloaded and the link displayed correctly, but
clicking the link results in no action. The reason for this, I have
found out is the zone lockdown in sp2, preventing the intranet zone
(our web app) to access the local zone.
How can I fix this? Changing registry settings works, but is not an
option (we're not allowed). I have tried renaming the popup window to
..hta, but that does not work. I have also tried having the popup
window call a hta application that opens the folder automatically, but
first, this results in an annoying warning dialog before the folder is
opened. And second, it does not open the correct folder, because it is
a static application and will at best open a "c:\data" folder, while I
want it to open a "c:\data\[customer name]" folder, which is today
determined through server side scripting. I have of course tried every
security setting there is, and adding the application to trusted
sites, with no luck. I am now considering writing an activeX
component, but I thought I should try my luck here first.
The question is very simple, how can I open and display a local folder
window from a web application?
Thanx in advance,
TB
I am currently developing and maintaining a large web application used
internally in our company. Sp2 is soon about to be rolled out,
however, this has some implications for our application.
A part of the application is a document module, where the users can
download documents to their pc. The documents are customer oriented,
so if a customer is called "customerA" the documents will be
downloaded to c:\data\customerA, customerB's documents will be
downloaded to c:\data\customerB etc. After download, a window pops up
containing a link to the local directory where the files are stored,
and when clicked, it should open a folder window for that directory.
After trying this with a client with sp2 installed, this doesn't work.
The documents are downloaded and the link displayed correctly, but
clicking the link results in no action. The reason for this, I have
found out is the zone lockdown in sp2, preventing the intranet zone
(our web app) to access the local zone.
How can I fix this? Changing registry settings works, but is not an
option (we're not allowed). I have tried renaming the popup window to
..hta, but that does not work. I have also tried having the popup
window call a hta application that opens the folder automatically, but
first, this results in an annoying warning dialog before the folder is
opened. And second, it does not open the correct folder, because it is
a static application and will at best open a "c:\data" folder, while I
want it to open a "c:\data\[customer name]" folder, which is today
determined through server side scripting. I have of course tried every
security setting there is, and adding the application to trusted
sites, with no luck. I am now considering writing an activeX
component, but I thought I should try my luck here first.
The question is very simple, how can I open and display a local folder
window from a web application?
Thanx in advance,
TB