Still can't open the attachments using WebDAV in Windows Explorer - can see the files BUT there's no Open menu option when I right click them. Have tried goggling this but haven't yet found anything on why this is or how to enable it so can open the attachment .... Anyone any idea what to do??? Richard -----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of goldring, richard Sent: 25 January 2012 12:06 To: 'XWiki Users' Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Inserting links to files on network drives Vincent, Thanks for the suggestion - I've managed to view the attachments in Windows XP file browser ... but I can't edit them - how do I config it so I can edit the file??? Regards, Richard -----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Vincent Massol Sent: 25 January 2012 10:50 To: XWiki Users Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Inserting links to files on network drives Hi Richard, On Jan 25, 2012, at 11:28 AM, goldring, richard wrote:

Hi,

Managers and other users at my company like to update excel spreadsheets on work progress. These spreadsheets get updated quite frequently by many users so attaching them to the wiki isn't so practical because of the overhead of checking checking the attachments in and out.

So I'd like to make it easier for managers to put in links to these spreadsheets from a wiki page: So the users can (from the wiki WYSIWYG editor) browse to the spreadsheet files and insert them without having to workout the syntax e.g. file:// and the network drive, etc.

How might I go about editing/adding macros to do this?

The solution we propose for this is WebDAV (search xwiki.org on webdav). Mount your wiki as a webdav driver. This allows you to see the attachments for example. Work in your favorite editor for those attachments. When you save in your editor the attachment is updated remotely. The only possible issue is with concurrent locking. It's possible that if one has the lock others will only be able to open the attachment in read only. To be tested. Let us know! Thanks -Vincent _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users