I set up two different computers the same way, as far as I can tell (each with it's own physical folder on the local hard drive), using the IIS UI. Both computers successfully display the list of files (some XML files) in its folder when browsed to. However, from one computer (1) you can click on a file name in the list, the browser will render the XML contents (indent, color, etc.). From the other computer (2), when you click the file name in the list, it simply displays a blank page.
I want the behavior for computer (1).
Another clue:
On computer (1), if you right-click and Save Target As, the Save As
dialog will specify XML file in File Type.
On Computer (2), if you
right-click and Save Target As, the Save As dialog will specify htm
file in File Type.
Thanks!
Knom
Never mind, I found out the answer as follows:
Find applicationHost.config file for the two computers in question, compare
The bad computer has no static content section
Use Control Panel, Programs and Features, Turn Windows features on or off, Internet Information Services -> World Wide Web Services -> Common HTTP Features -> Static Content check ON, OK
In IIS Manager, MIME Types, double check .xml is text/xml
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So we have our local website to navigate through our drive :
showcase of the website
Here, each button is a link to something on our drive
One of which is a link to a Excel file :
showcase of that specific link
Now, that Excel file contains relative links to PDFs : Relative links inside an Excel
If we click on that button linked to that Excel file from Edge (2nd screen), a prompt appears asking if we want to "Open" the file or "Save as", but the issue is... if we choose "Save as", obviously the links inside that Excel file wont work (unless we save it at the same location), so that's totally normal, the correct option would be to "Open" it.
The problem is that opening a file from Edge... actually doesn't open a file at all, it saves it locally under the AppData path of our machine and THEN opens it.
That means even in that case, the paths inside our Excel file wont work either because they are relative.
I know one solution would be to change all links to absolute links inside that Excel file, but that is a tedious work (because there are a LOT of links, we would have to create a script or something to do that).
So my question is, is there any way to directly open that Excel file from the path specified in the button's link, instead of saving it first locally under "C:\Users\XX\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftEdgeDownloads\f02875af-f436-47bb-b7e5-f3caa96df03f" ?
This is not an issue when using Internet Explorer.
Thank you in advance for any help.
Kind regards,
If you want to allow intranet zone file URL links from Microsoft Edge to open in Windows File Explorer, you can try this Edge policy: IntranetFileLinksEnabled.
Otherwise I don't recommend you to do this, based on the security issues already mentioned.
I just want to know if this is possible using VBA, if it is possible, I will try to code it and if not I should look for another platform where it is possible.
Let me explain:
We have 1 main excel file. There`s a header name and a bunch of different values and settings we need to use.
We have a online server where the code has to look for the header name and just click on the name. This will automatically download to the download folder and we can copy this file in the same folder as the main excel file. There is no search function inside the online server. It is just a webpage where there is a list of names.
Inside the downloaded file is an xml file that we can open with notepad and we need to compare the settings inside the notepad with the settings from the main excel file (this I know it can be coded)
Then a GUI has to be opened (we dont have access to the server behind it), it should fill in the header name in the textbox from the GUI, click upload and then it should save it in the same folder as the main excel.
we also need to move a lot of folder based on the info from the main file but this is also basic coding.
Since Im quite new with the VBA coding, I only wish to know if this is possible in excel. I dont want to wast time searching for codes and then realize it is not possible , especially with the GUI operating.
Here is my example, where I could have some input to filter directory subfolders.
The direct answer to the question is that this is not possible; the list of files and folders in the side bar is controlled by what folders you add and the settings that you include/exclude files and folders from within those folders. In theory you could try to modify the settings to change what appears in the side bar, but every time those settings change the file catalog needs to be rebuilt, which is something that can take some time (particularly in something with a large node_modules folder). It also causes all of the folders in the side bar to fold up.
The expected workflow is more designed around working with files than with working with groups of folders and that workflow centers around the Goto Anything panel. Choosing Goto > Goto Anything in the menu will open a panel showing you a list of every file that is currently contained in the side bar (except binary files).
The panel can filter text via fuzzy matching using as many search terms as you want (in any order you want) and will move the most likely matches closer to the top of the list. It also learns over time what files you pick when you use certain filters.
For your use case here you can open the panel and use a filter like node_modules or nmod/ to filter to files in the node_modules/ directory, acorn/ to see only files that exist in folders that match acorn, or a combination. You can also include fragments of filenames like lodash/ indjs to bring the index.js of the `lodash/ package to the top of the list.
The best way to get a feel for how this works is to play with it a little bit. Note also that the context menu in open files has a Reveal in side bar command that will focus the side bar on that file, which can be a handy way to see the other siblings of files you have open.
When working in Excel, sometimes we have external data sources.
In Windows, these files may be stored in a specific location such as C:\Users\Freelensia\Dropbox\data source.xls
When sharing the main file and the data source file with another person through file-sharing services such as Dropbox, the location of the data source will be changed to:
C:\Users\PeterSmith\Dropbox\data source.xls
(from the view of the Peter Smith user)
This will break the data connection in the main file when Peter opens it. He can reset the path to the one as seen from his computer, but that will break the connection for the Freelensia user when he/she opens it from his/her end.
Is there a way to permanently fix these locations for multiple users? Such that Excel will correctly get the path when the right user opens it.
I am looking for an inherent Excel property if such a thing exists. Else VBA macros (A table with the file paths for each user, and MsgBox that ask the user to choose the user profile). Else a Windows .bat file could work as well.
Thank you for your help.
A trick to this is to move your Dropbox to C:\Dropbox for all users.
To do that, click on the Dropbox icon at the bottom-right, click the Gear Icon, Settings, Sync Tab, then you can move the folder to C:\Dropbox.
If you encounter permission errors, follow the instructions here to reset the permissions:
https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/move-dropbox-folder
If my understanding is right when ever a different user opens/saves a file the path "C:\Users\xxxxxxx\Dropbox\data source.xls" will be same only "xxxxxxx" in the path will be varying with the active user who has logged in.
So use "Application.UserName" function to get the username and use it in the path mentioned above
Excel uses relative links, even though it shows longer paths in the cells when you look at them. This ends up meaning that if you move the file and the file(s) it is connecting to a different location then the links will still work.
If you put your main file in Dropbox\Excel\main.xlsx and then your data sources in Dropbox\Excel\Data\data sources.xlsx then I think you should be good.
I tested this with Google Drive on two different computers, taking turns opening and modifying the data source and also opening and having the main file update without any issues.
I am not positive if this would work for you in Dropbox, but I really think it should... I am using Excel 2010, so if you are using Excel 2003 (or saving files as .xls instead of the newer .xlsx format) there is a possibility that could cause issues.
I have a specific requirement in our organization.
We are using a third-party tool to convert excel to pdf. Our excel files contain financial data and charts and the tool converts them to pdf files. Once converted, they are sent for printing.
Now I need to write a vb code which tampers with the printer configuration. After conversion to pdf, when I click on print in the tool, it should not go to default printer to print the physical file, nor should it display the dialog box asking for printer to choose, rather it should pop-up a custom dialog box indicating file being saved in the network drive. The drive and file name should be pre-configured.
I know there are quite a few solutions which caters to this problem of saving a file without displaying the default dialog box but my problem is, I am not printing files from the same application. Files are prepared by a third-party application and print option is pressed from here itself. When the file leaves for printing, I want my code to take effect. In a way, if this application is configured in a computer, no matter which tool you are using to print, the files should get saved to a network drive without popping up the default print dialogue box.
Thanks in advance. Any guidance is much appreciated.