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ReportSince Dynamics 365 Business Central October 2019 release (aka 2019 Wave 2) – version 15.x – it is possible to add Record Links to specific pages as announced with
And officially reported here
The most important detail to consider within this context, as reported in the previous links, is that “The link must be a valid internet or intranet URL.”
As shown in the image below
This means that protocols lie http or https or www are allowed, while local or network storage links are not valid links and cannot be run through browsers for security reasons.
Therefore, if users are adding links in the form of e.g.
C:\foo
Z:\foo
\\myserver\foo
When trying to open the hyperlink through whatever browser they will receive an error message like
This is indeed intended and the recommendation from development team is to move files into a virtual directory accessible over https or http.
Accessing file through https or http will imply that a copy of the file is always downloaded through the typical hyperlinking function.
If users are in need to edit the same file then you might of for integrating your solution with a SharePoint site instead or investigate the market for a 3rd party solution or develop your own extension to edit files from a shared storage that is compliant with security restriction imposed by browsers.
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