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By default (and for security !), Chrome forbids the opening of urls pointing towards local files, from a web browser. There is a workaround using the openLocopen Local file extension :
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/locallinks/jllpkdkcdjndhggodimiphkghogcpidaThen activate the extensionenable-local-file-links/nikfmfgobenbhmocjaaboihbeocackld
Then activate the extension.
NB : for now this extension works only if we deactivate the URL redirect in Datafari in SubClassResultWidget.js, ie edit the file :
//var urlRedirect = 'URL?url='+ url + '&id='+Manager.store.get("id").value + '&q=' + Manager.store.get("q").value + '&position='+position;
var urlRedirect = url ;
Indeed, the extension code needs to be modified because there is a regex that verifies if the url starts with file://. And the url in Datafari does not begin by file:// but by the Datafari IP server because we use a redirection.
2. Open files with Firefox
Again, by default and for security, Firefox forbids the opening of URLs pointing at local files, from a web browser. Here is a work around:
- Open the AppData folder
To locate it easily in Firefox, click on :
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You then need to copy user.js into the folder, to stop Firefox (check that the process has been killed) and restart it. The local files should open normally.
NB : it seems that for new versions of Firefox, the number of slashes in the URL has to be changed from 5 to 2. There is a Jira issue on it : https://datafari.atlassian.net/projects/DATAFARI/issues/DATAFARI-236
3. Open files with Internet ExplorerExplorer
Open Internet Explorer
Go to Internet Options
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Restart your windows explorer, do another search and voila !
NB : if you use Edge, you need to do these steps with IE and restart Edge.