Link to file without upload

[mrstopher2]

I am using v4 and am having a hard time inserting a link to a file on a shared
drive ie: file:\\apfs\file name. Contribute wants to upload this file to the
server before it will link it. Seeing as I don't allow any uploads to the
server I keep getting an error message and contribute changes the link to
"unknown:" I've searched the Adobe site and this forum and haven't found an
answer yet. Is this a bug or something I am just missing?

[Arun Kumar M]

mrstopher2 wrote:

> I am using v4 and am having a hard time inserting a link to a file on a shared
> drive ie: file:\\apfs\file name. Contribute wants to upload this file to the
> server before it will link it. Seeing as I don't allow any uploads to the
> server I keep getting an error message and contribute changes the link to
> "unknown:" I've searched the Adobe site and this forum and haven't found an
> answer yet. Is this a bug or something I am just missing?
>

If you are running on windows, use this:

Insert->Link->Browse to Web Page, In the URL Address, Enter the URL as
file:\\apfs\file name.... and click ok..

This way you would be creating only a link to the file and it does not
get uploaded to the server..

hope this solves your problem

Thanks
Arun

[mrstopher2]

When I do this it automatically changes the link to "unknown"... Any other ideas?

[Greg_L]

Has anyone found a solution to this issue? I'm facing the same problem and, short of having the developer hard code the link, I see no way to do this.

Any help would be appreciated.

Greg

[Logitechnology]

Any solution to this? I've tried everything, and it keeps either uploading the
file, or just putting unknown in the url, or change C: to C| which obviously
messed up the link. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance