How to display a local PDF file in a new browser tab?

(0) Share

Report

Posted on by Laika

Hello everybody,

comming to you with a short an simple (this was my first thought) question:

Is it possible to display content of a pdf-file, which is located on a server directory, in a new browser tab by code?

I thought the following code snippet should do the stuff:

System.Uri  uri         = new System.Uri(@'c:\TEMP\TestFile.pdf');
str         fileURL     = uri.AbsoluteUri;

new Browser().navigate(fileURL, true , false);

But when running that code the following error will pop up

Any ideas how to make it run?

Thanks a lot!

I have the same question (0)

All responses (1)

Answers (0)

Suggested answer

nmaenpaa 101,162 Moderator on at

Like (0)

Report

You clearly have two different requirements:

1) Open something in a new tab

2) Open file from local folder

1 - should work but your browser settings might be blocking it. Try to open some web address such as https://www.google.com and see if it works. If not, the issue is in your browser setup, not D365FO.

2) D365FO can't see or access your local files (remember it's a website in public internet, with no way to see or access your workstation), so you need to choose another approach to solve your business requirement. If you need to open files from the user's computer, you have to implement a file upload dialog so that the user can send these files to D365FO. You can see how Company logo upload is implemented in Legal entities form.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No