Re: Opening a file on the IFS via email link

[richard@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello Bob, 

Why don't you map a shared IFS folder and use a regular HTTP link ?

http://mydomain.com/ifsfolder1/ifsfold2/yourfile.csv

I wouldn't rely on the NetServer method for this process. Not reliable 
enough. 

Hope this helps. 

Regards,
Richard Schoen
RJS Software Systems Inc. 
"Your Complete iSeries and PC Solution Provider"
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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message: 8
date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:13:40 -0500
from: "Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Opening a file on the IFS via email link

I am sending out an email to my users after they've converted a database
file to CSV format. In that email I include the URL link to the file on 
the
IFS, as follows:

  Your file is available by clicking on the following link:

   file:\\mydomain.com\ifsfolder1\ifsfold2\yourfile.csv

The problem is that some users (most?) can not click on the link and have 
it
open Excel. In stead, it does nothing or gives them a message box that 
says
"Cannot open file...".

By changing some user IDs and passwords to the AS/400 to be the same as 
the
network user ID and password, it seems to work. But for others it does 
not.
I don't know what area to look in to try to resolve this issue.
Any suggestions?
-Bob