NAV 2015 File Link Question

muziclover

My client links engineering drawings to productions BOMs in the Comments. For some reason, any time the file name contains commas or spaces, the link appears to be severed.

Is there a standard file naming convention/nomenclature that NAV requires for file links? I have searched all over for this information but nothing came up.

Thanks!

mdPartnerNL

have an example? comma I can understand but a space..

martonn

You should use the Links feature instead of Comments

parm

Hi,
I think (but I not sure) that open button on Record Links calls the HYPERLINK(url) function.
The argument should be a valid url address. The spaces are converted to %24 or %20 (not sure).
But I think that having the proper path to the file and the correct prefix should work.
Look at this example:
\\servername\folder1\name of file.pdf
should be created with
file:://\\servername\folder1\name of file.pdf

The second line should open with HYPERLINK function.

Regards,

parm

mdPartnerNL

have an example? comma I can understand but a space..

martonn

You should use the Links feature instead of Comments

parm

Hi,
I think (but I not sure) that open button on Record Links calls the HYPERLINK(url) function.
The argument should be a valid url address. The spaces are converted to %24 or %20 (not sure).
But I think that having the proper path to the file and the correct prefix should work.
Look at this example:
\\servername\folder1\name of file.pdf
should be created with
file:://\\servername\folder1\name of file.pdf

The second line should open with HYPERLINK function.

Regards,

parm

muziclover

Thanks for the responses!

For clarification, the user is using the Link function; he's using it in the Comments on the BOM.

I should mention, the client is using NAV 2015.

We had him change the commas from the filename and it works. So, instead of the filename "AA,BB,CC xx.pdf", he replaced it with AA_BB_CC xx.pdf". Now when he clicks on the filename LINK, it opens.

My question was is there a filename nomenclature standard in NAV? According to this user, his old naming convention worked in versions prior to 2015.

Thanks Again.