http://www.endusersharepoint.com/STP/ SharePoint QA en Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:37:16 +0000 http://www.endusersharepoint.com/STP/topic/windows-file-manager-control-in-a-web-part#post-3159 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:52:42 +0000 LISpeedyG 3159@http://www.endusersharepoint.com/STP/ <p>Thank you for the quick reply.</p> <p>I have decided to use a link to the share folder. </p> <p>In examining the use of your "file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings..." it does not seem to work. In doing a little research it might be due to the SP2 pack that no longer allows you to use this syntax.</p> <p>Thanks again for all your help. </p> http://www.endusersharepoint.com/STP/topic/windows-file-manager-control-in-a-web-part#post-3129 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:24:35 +0000 AutoSponge 3129@http://www.endusersharepoint.com/STP/ <p>To open file share files in SharePoint use the following:<br /> Windows URI Proper Syntax</p> <p>For the UNC Windows file path<br /> \\laptop\My Documents\FileSchemeURIs.doc</p> <p>The corresponding valid file URI in Windows is the following:<br /> <a href="file://laptop/My%20Documents/FileSchemeURIs.doc" rel="nofollow">file://laptop/My%20Documents/FileSchemeURIs.doc</a></p> <p>For the local Windows file path<br /> C:\Documents and Settings\davris\FileSchemeURIs.doc</p> <p>The corresponding valid file URI in Windows is:<br /> <a href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/davris/FileSchemeURIs.doc" rel="nofollow">file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/davris/FileSchemeURIs.doc</a> </p> <p>As for updating a SP list with file share information, this would probably be a C# application running on a timer that scanned file share contents and uploaded the metadata using the SP API or web services. This may not be available yet as a 3rd-party product. MapForce by Altova is a great tool for creating C# applications that perform simple mapping functions--that would only leave the data gathering which I'm sure is part of C# somewhere... but I'm not a programmer.</p> <p>For the "viewing of file shares in a web part," I would look for an ASP.NET application or web part that already does this. I'm sure it's commercially available. </p> http://www.endusersharepoint.com/STP/topic/windows-file-manager-control-in-a-web-part#post-3128 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:06:49 +0000 LISpeedyG 3128@http://www.endusersharepoint.com/STP/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>Sorry for the delay. Apparently I am not set up for notifications.<br /> Anyway, your solutions sound promising. However, where do I begin with either wrinign a program and or using ActiveX.</p> <p>Also, As an alternative, I have attempted to simply spawn a local Windows File Explorer using an "href=c:\.." in a CEWP. However, this method simply appends the href to the current site URL making it invalid. Is there some syntax that would make this solution work?</p> <p>Thanks again for a direction.<br /> Gus </p> http://www.endusersharepoint.com/STP/topic/windows-file-manager-control-in-a-web-part#post-3093 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:28:05 +0000 AutoSponge 3093@http://www.endusersharepoint.com/STP/ <p>Might be easier to write a program that updates a SP list with the contents of a file share. It would also work better with non-IE browsers (I'm guessing any Explorer-type functionality will be based on Active-X). </p> http://www.endusersharepoint.com/STP/topic/windows-file-manager-control-in-a-web-part#post-3088 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:56:30 +0000 LISpeedyG 3088@http://www.endusersharepoint.com/STP/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>There are several shared network folders and files that are required to remain on a network share. However, there are business requirements to view/open/add/delete files and/or folders on the network share. These file/folder activities will be performed based on procedures/processes that reside on our SharePoint site.</p> <p>So, I have been looking for a way to display the Windows File Explorer in a Web Part so that users can search within the SP environment. And, secondly to be able to connect folders/files to another web part filtering the directory to a specific file. I presume that a CEWP will be the most useful but I have not been able to find the correct control object associated with these actions. Also, is there a link where we could find the ActiveX objects and related examples.</p> <p>Thank You for your time.<br /> Gus </p>