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Cognizant Technology Solutions
ES
Last activity: 18 Jun 2019 4:50 EDT
Downloading file using a physical path from a shared folder
I have a requirement to download a file or open a shared folder in browser. I have the physical path of the folder or document. When I put the physical path in browser, I can access the file or folder. Is there a way in Pega to open the physical path in browser.
I used Open URL in new window action and it adds https in front of the physical path while opening in browser.
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Pegasystems Inc.
GB
Hi SudhanshuS5799,
From your screenshot I can see you are attempting to access link to a UNC link - rather than to another HTTP-provided resource.
Taking PRPC out of the equation for the moment (and I think we can: the following applies to *any* web-based software in my opinion) ; take a look at this 3rd party article:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1369147/linking-a-unc-network-drive-on-an-html-page
Where it says you could include a UNC path by using the following style of link:
file://///server/path/to/file.txt
But then goes onto to say that this link will be blocked by your browser - for security reasons.
(A bad actor could use this to get the user to run a program I guess - but also use local files/information to (somehow) fool the end-user in a way that could be exploited).
Cognizant Technology Solutions
ES
Hi John,
I tried using this option, but it didn't work.
Also, it is mentioned in the article that it won't work in chrome.
Pegasystems Inc.
GB
I'm not sure what your use-case is here? (How can you guarantee the contents of the UNC path are going to be available to your the users of your system?)
As the article mentions - there are possible security implications in advertising (effectively) local files via a served-page.
Is there a way you could access the UNC path from the server and re-advertise over HTTP?
(Or upload the contents to PRPC even?)