Link in HTML report

[vhs]

I generated a HTML-report from a diagram. The diagram includes a link to a word file. The link to the file is present in the HTML-page, but clicking on it, generates an error message in Firefox.

EA generates the following html-text (extract):

<tr>
<td width="50%" class="TableRow">
<a href="C:\path\filename.doc">C:\path\filename.doc</a></td>
<td width="10%" class="TableRow">Local File</td>
<td width="40%" class="TableRow">
<br />
<span class="NoteHeading">File Size:</span> 36 k<br />
<span class="NoteHeading">Time Stamp:</span> 20.02.2007 14:35:57<br />
</td>
</tr>

The line
<a href="C:\path\filename.doc">C:\path\filename.doc</a>
should read like this:
<a href="file:///C:\path\filename.doc">C:\path\filename.doc</a>

The 'file:///' part tells Firefox to open the file. Because the extension is connected to word, a click on the link opens word and shows the file. That works fine as expected.

The question is, what to change, where and how, in order to get the string 'file:///' included in front of the filename?

Any suggestion or hint is very much appreciated.

Many thanks in advance.

[peter.zrnko]

Just a tip for workaround:
multifile replace operation using regular expression.

[vhs]

Just a tip for workaround:
multifile replace operation using regular expression.

That means postprocessing of the generated files every time they are regenerated. This is not a workaround but nonsense.

The question is, how to have the missing tag automatically generated too.

[mikewhit]

Surely that's a bug ?
A URL can't just be a host platform filename.

[vhs]

Surely that's a bug ?
A URL can't just be a host platform filename.

So what is the distinction between "Local File" and "Web Adress" good for? It does not change anything in the output.

The question is not "bug or feature", but how and where to change the template or so, which generates the html-output.

I would not mind, if the local filename were tranformed in an URL. That would make things easier, but that is not implemented.

It works fine, if I add the computername in front of the filename or add localhost or "file:///" or simply "\\". There is a button marked "..." with wich you can choose the file. I do not regard it as a feature, that I have to edit the resulting filename namually in order to have the link properly generated. There must be an other - less error-prone - way.

[peter.zrnko]

See Web Style Templates
in EA user guide. But I  can't help you more.

[vhs]

See Web Style Templates
in EA user guide. But I  can't help you more.

I certainly did this before posting in this group.