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Former_Member
Accelerator III
9 years ago

EXposing File Location on Server

I have a requirement from our sales team. In a previous Share Point instillation, the server address for a file was exposed and it allowed them to copy and paste that address into an outlook e-mail. When out look processed the paste, it would see the file server location being pasted in and automatically attach the file. I would like to expose the file location on the networked server to the users so they can accomplish the same task. In this case, it's going to be a literal drive location that I will need to modify to expose as a server location. E.g. c:/aras/vault/en/1/itemid/file.extension is processed to //server/aras/vault... Issues related to doing this will also be appreciated. I realize ARAS is managing the file structure, but I need to get that file out. If my users download the file to their local machine, there is a strong possibility that they will continue to send the local file instead of pulling a newly updated file from ARAS. If I expose a server location, I make the copy paste operation manageable and keep them looking at the most recent version of the file.

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  • christopher_gillis's avatar
    christopher_gillis
    Community Manager
    9 years ago
    Hello, In addition to the folder path to your vault, you will need three pieces of information in order to determine the folder path of a file stored in the vault.
    1. The name of the database
    2. The ID of the file item
    3. The name of the file
    Assuming that your vault is stored at C:\Aras\Vault\, the full folder path to the file will follow the format: "C:\Aras\Vault\YOUR_DB_NAME\FIRST_CHARACTER_OF_ID\SECOND_AND_THIRD_CHARACTERS_OF_ID\REST_OF_ID\FILE_NAME" For example, if you want to get the path to the file "Test.pdf" with ID 0D71DA1CE0B24EE690802BAF977D3216 stored in the database InnovatorSolutions, the resulting folder path would be as follows. C:\Aras\Vault\InnovatorSolutions\0\D7\1DA1CE0B24EE690802BAF977D3216\Test.pdf Chris _______________________ Aras Labs Software Engineer