re:
> But, why it worked in my dev machine?
Because local paths work in a local dev machine.
If the local path is in the same machine as the server, that works.
If the file is in a different machine than the server, it fails.
A client will look in its own file system
for the file if you specify a local path.
re:
> Also, since we have a lot of files (GBs), it is not good to put all of them
> under c:\inetpub\wwwroot\. Rather, we want to put them in a separate
> directory
You could put them all in a shared virtual directory, or even under one virtual
directory with subdirectories below it, to classify the files by subject/issue.
re:
> or another drive, or even another file server in a local network
You can do that, as long as they're accessible via a standard URL.
re:
> Then, what is the best way to specify virtual path?
A relative URL, i.e. :
"/somedirectory/somefile.ext"
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"Andrew" <> wrote in message
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> But, why it worked in my dev machine?
>
> Also, since we have a lot of files (GBs), it is not good to put all of them
> under c:\inetpub\wwwroot\. Rather, we want to put them in a separate
> directory, or another drive, or even another file server in a local network.
> Then, what is the best way to specify virtual path? Noramlly, how people
> handle such kinds of questions? Thanks.
>
> "Juan T. Llibre" wrote:
>
>> The problem is :
>>
>> src="c:\DeptFiles\shs_test.pdf"></iframe>
>>
>> Try using a valid virtual path for the file.
>>
>> i.e., for example :
>>
>> src="/somevirtualdirectory/shs_test.pdf"></iframe>
>>
>>
>>
>> Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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>> "Andrew" <> wrote in message
>> news:79EB9987-9DCA-4C46-9A24-...
>> > Hello, friends,
>> >
>> > I developed a web page with the following statement as part of it:
>> >
>> > <td width="80%" height="800" valign="top">
>> > <iframe width="100%" height="100%"
>> > src="c:\DeptFiles\shs_test.pdf"></iframe>
>> > </td>
>> >
>> > It worked fine in dev machine (in a local network).
>> >
>> > However, after deploying it to the server and running it on server IE, to my
>> > surprise, this <td></td> cell was blank!
>> >
>> > I then run it through internet, I got a message saying "Action Cancelled:
>> > Internet Explorer was unable to link to the Web page you requested. The page
>> > might be temporarily unavailable.", I could not even see the rest of the web
>> > page.
>> >
>> > Any ideas? Help please! Thanks a lot.
>> >
>> > (I thought it could be IE security setting issue, but not sure and not to
>> > know how/why)
>>
>>
>>
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