Creating a unc path in pdf

Hello,
I'm attempting to create UNC hyperlinks on an existing PDF that would allow the user to click on the link and be directed to a network location or install a network printer.
Could someone let me know if this is possible. Users would be accessing the completed PDF with the latest Adobe Reader installed at his or her workstation.
Thanks,

You have to map it first: net use d: \\UNC\DEVDB01\EDI_Files\ UNC will not work (afaik).
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AND TargetInstance.GroupComponent = "Win32_Directory.Name=\"d:\\\\yourfolder\""
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UNC path not working in pdf

Hello
I'm currently having troubles with some UNC paths in pdf files.
I create a word document, insert some UNC paths like
\\abc.local\docs\mydoc.DOC
and convert it to pdf.
if i open the pdf local i can use the paths without any problems.
but if i host the pdf on our webserver and open it with a webbrowser, the links won't work.
Now I'm not sure if its a problem with the pdf, the browser, some server restrictions or something else...
any suggestions?
Thanks

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Creating a symlink directory on a network share to a path below a mapped drive letter, local path, or UNC path does not work

Am I correct in assuming I can not create a `symlinkd` to a network share, local path, or a UNC path on a network share that will be accessible by clients?
###Mapped drive letters don't work:
1) navigate to a network share:
pushd \\windows2008server\share\
2) make a hardlink:
mklink /d test_sharedir t:\directory\
dir .\test_sharedir
#Directory of Z:\test_sharedir
#File Not Found
UNC paths don't work:
1) navigate to a network share:
pushd \\windows2008server\share\
2) make a symlink:
mklink /d test_dirunc \\windows2008server\share
dir .\test_dirunc
#Directory of Z:\test_dirunc
#File Not Found
I can create a functional `symlinkd` on a local drive to a mapped drive letter or a UNC path.
Are my assumptions above correct?
We are in the middle of a migration and have created two symlinkd to UNC paths for shared DLLs, one below c:\windows\system32\ (directing to a share containing 64-bit DLLs) and one below c:\windows\syswow64 (directing to a share containing 32-bit DLLs).
On the file server, we have had a path to 32-bit DLLs (from Windows 7 clients: s:\dll\). I am attempting to rename this directory so that it is accessible via "s:\dll32\" and would like to create a symlinkd that links "s:\dll" to
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Thanks,
Matt

Hello Mandy,
The link you sent me is for Netapp CIFS server daemon contained within DataOnTap (the Netapp OS) to follow symlinks. I am inquiring about the Microsoft products Windows Server and Windows 7.
To gain a better understanding of the Microsoft Windows Server and client (Windows) CIFS stacks and interaction of the stacks, I have referred to Figure 6 "Server Message Block Server Model" within the following (albeit older) document: http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/8/0/2800a518-7ac6-4aac-bd85-74d2c52e1ec6/tuning.doc
You will see the following:
I assume that the Windows Server CIFS server service must be "smart enough" to determine that a CIFS client is attempting access to a SYMLINKD and actually fill the request by following the SYMLINKD. The CIFS server service does not appear
to operate like this.
1) Am I correct in my assumption that the CIFS client (redirector) and the CIFS server (server) do not following symbolic links (whether they be file or directory)?
2) If not, how do I submit a feature request for this so that it can be reviewed and approved or not approved for inclusion/hotfix release?
Thanks for your time,
Matt Brown
[UPDATE]
Note that you can use a `directory junction` instead of using a SYMLINKD, to link to LOCAL resources (source). However, `directory junctions` do not allow access to resources over UNC.

Creating a directory on a remote machine using a UNC path

Hi all,
Is it possible to create a directory on a remote machine using a UNC path such as \\Server\Share\Directory?
If so, how would i go about this? (Sorry for the newbie question, that's exactly what I am!)
Thanks,
Rob

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How do I create an installer for my project that allows for variable data entry like a server unc path?

Hello All,
I have a questions and a few hours of scouring the internet hasn't brought me much closer to an answer.
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I have come across application/user scoped settings, which appears to be what I'm looking for. However I can't find a way to have the installer prompt for a value "Server Path:" __________ that I could type into during installation. So far it appears
the only way would be to edit the config.deploy file before running the installer, which isn't a big deal but you'd think there'd be an easy way to take in variables during install.
EDIT: Apparently I can't edit the config.deploy file as I get an error message about the hash not matching.
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Lance

Hello,
The forums I found confusing, didn't know the best place to put this question so I put it here.
I have found the answer over at stackoverflow and will detail here for anyone who may stumble across the same problem.
The problem is ClickOnce seemingly doesn't support this feature. Installshield LE either doesn't or does but its incredibly too complicated if all you need is one variable passed to the registry during installation. And it seems the words used for googling
this particular problem will never lead you to the solution.
So here's how to do it (we will be first adding the Visual Studio Installer Add-on to restore original installer project functionality):
1) Inside of visual studio 2013 go to Tools -> Extensions and Updates
2) On the left-hand side click on Online -> Visual Studio Gallery
3) In the upper-right search box search for "Visual Studio Installer"
4) Download the extension labeled "Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects"
5) Install, then open a new project under Templates -> Other Project Templates -> Visual Studio Installer -> Setup Project
6) Now for the gold. In the solution explorer there are icons in a bar just below its title bar, highlight till you see "User Interface Setup" and open it.
7) Now you can right click on Start, Progress, End etc any Category heading and hit Add Dialog.
8) From here for my purposes, I used TextBoxes A
9) Once you add it, click on it and observe its properties window. You will see Label, Property, and Value. Make a note of the property name as it will be used to store the data directly into the registry. *Note: there appears to be no way to perform data
validation using the built in textbox dialogs, users can enter whatever they want and move on.
10) Go to the registry editor on the same icon bar under solution explorer.
11) Specify your registry folder, make a new value (I used string) and name it whatever you like. In the value section enter the property label formatted as such [EDITA1] depending on your value.
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Open 2nd PDF from UNC-path fails

Hallo,
I use Adobe Reader 11.0.08 on Windows7 SP1 (Enterprise) and I try to open PDF-files from UNC-path. The first attempt is successful. If Adobe Reader is still opened, the attempt to open a 2nd PDF-file from (same or other) UNC-path in Windows Explorer does not work without any error message. The file does not open.
The following attempts were successful or not:
(drive P:\ = \\domain\dfs$)
Double-click on \\domain\dfs$\path\file1.pdf opens the file.
Double-click on \\domain\dfs$\path\file2.pdf does not open the file - no error message.
Double-click on P:\path\file2.pdf opens the file.
In Adobe Reader File - Open - \\domain\dfs$\path\file2.pdf opens the file too.
Double-click on \\domain\dfs$\path\file2.pdf opens the file.
Double-click on \\domain\dfs$\path\file1.pdf does not open the file - no error message.
Double-click on P:\path\file1.pdf opens the file.
In Adobe Reader File - Open - \\domain\dfs$\path\file1.pdf opens the file too.
Double-click on P:\path\file1.pdf opens the file.
Double-click on \\domain\dfs$\path\file2.pdf does not open the file - no error message.
Double-click on P:\path\file2.pdf opens the file.
Double-click on P:\path\file2.pdf opens the file.
Double-click on \\domain\dfs$\path\file1.pdf does not open the file - no error message.
Double-click on P:\path\file1.pdf opens the file.
If Adobe Reader is still opened, but no file is opened:
Double-click on \\domain\dfs$\path\file1.pdf does not open the file - no error message.
Double-click on P:\path\file1.pdf opens the file.
As you can see: If Adobe Reader is still opened, I can't open a PDF-file from UNC-path from Explorer. But that's what we need. Our Frontend-application opens an Explorer window and the user has to choose the PDF-files to open via double-click. It would be a very roundabout way to copy the Location from Explorer to open the file in Adobe Reader. We'd like to open the first and all other files for the same session from Explorer via double-click.
Sure, if I disable protected mode every attempt works fine but unfortunatelly it is no permitted option to disable protected mode (security policy) - it has to be enabled.
Each change in "ProtectedModeWhitelistConfig.txt" was not successful. For information its current config that works as mentioned above:
; Files Section
FILES_ALLOW_ANY = \??\UNC\domain\dfs$\*
(no entries in other sections)
How can I open every PDF-file for a session from UNC-path via double-click from Explorer if Adobe Reader is still opened ?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Lisa

Hi Lisa,
Can you please update your Reader to latest version "Adobe Reader 11.0.9" and verify that the issue still occurs.
Thanks,
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Acrobat Reader XI fail to open file from unc path "Access Denied"

Hi,
When we try to open a pdf file from an unc path by double-click on it there is an error message : "There was error opening this files. Access Denied"
If we do "File -> Open" the file open correctly. Same if we copy the file localy.
After looking around Internet and other thread Acrobat Reader X got the same problem but seemed to be resolved with an update.
If we desable "Enable Protected Mode at startup" the file open correctly (it is not a solution).
Does anyone have a solution to this problem ?
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Passing UNC path as parameter in URL

Hello All,
I used the application creation wizard (APEX 3.1) to create an application (report + form) based on a table who's primary key is a UNC path to an image (\\servername\folder\image.tiff). The report page (page 1) has a link to the form where users can edit information for the record (page 2). Unfortunately, every time I click on a record's link, page 2 comes up with "No data found."
I know this has to do with the fact that the data I'm passing has backslashes ("\") and they're not being escaped properly. The branch properties show the target as "Page in this Application" where the UNC path is being passed to an item on page two that is hidden and protected.
I've tried a few different things to try and work around this problem:
1.) In my main query, selected another field based on the original UNC Path, but with the backslashes replaced with pipes ('|'). I then have a process on page 2 at the "on load" point before the fetch row that converts it back to backslashes. This works so far as pulling the correct record onto page two, but whenever I update anything the update statement is still looking for the UNC with pipes rather than the backslashes. I'm assuming because the item that I'm sending the value to is hidden and protected, that any HTML on that page won't be able to alter that value, so the pipes aren't being replaced with the backslashes.
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Teddy,
No bother at all. A long time ago, perhaps in version 1.6, we added the feature that allows "item values" containing commas to be passed in the "f?p" URL. As you know, the comma is the token that separates item values (if there is more than one). But it was becoming increasingly common for developers to need to allow that character as part of an item value. This was implemented such that if an item value starts and ends with a backslash then we would treat any comma between the two as part of the item value and not as a "separator" character.
When you tried to pass the UNC path as an item value, because this started with a backslash, the parser treated it as the beginning of a backslash-enclosed value. Failing to find a closing backslash, it yielded undesirable results and discarded the first backslash, and perhaps more.
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SharePoint 2013 Media Player using UNC path directly without using a Website in IIS (either out of the box or custom player using javascript only)

Hi,
There isn't much info on this and I am hoping its possible.
I have come across the following article which explains how we can setup SharePoint 2013 Asset Library using video links using a website in IIS that is mapped to a UNC path.
http://stevemannspath.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/sharepoint-2013-videos-in-sharepoint.html
This is great. However we have an issue where I work and I need somehow to get SharePoint mediaplayer to point to a video directly using the UNC path like :- \\WINSP13\TempVideos\NTV_Carr_Indig.wmv without the use of a website in IIS.
I understand that we won't be able to stream the video then thats ok.
when trying to add a video link to an asset library using the UNC path, we get the following error: We don't support
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From a SharePoint architecture perspective, this is a BAD design, since you are rerouting the communications (from the client to the UNC) away from and outside of SharePoint... as a result, SP cannot provide any level of guarantee about the ability for videos
to play on the client machine.
Secondarily, I'm not sure that the browser will let you pull resources from such different locations (doing so has been the root of several type of attacks, such as "Cross Site Scripting").
That said (and assuming the browser lets you), you can always use JS to handle creating the video player HTML and setting the UNC location... instead of using a site asset library to store the links, just create a list for the videos
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Unable to access UNC path on 2012 R2 file server with ABE enabled

Brief Description:
We have granted access to people via a domain local group on a folder on a file server that is three levels deep from the share, i.e. \\servercluster\share\folder1\folder2\folder3, where folder3 is where the group is granted Read & Execute
access. The share has Access-Based Enumeration (ABE) enabled and the Everyone group has Full Control share permissions. We also use DFS, so the path for that is \\domain\dfsrootname\folderfororganization\share\folder1\folder2\folder3. People
in the aforementioned group only have access to folder3, its subfolders, and files. They do not have any access to folder2 or any of the other folders higher in the tree at all. Also, consider that folder3 contains a subfolder folder4, which is
simply inheriting permissions.
What we have found is that clients running Windows 7 SP1 have strange access issues when attempting to access the folder via either the DFS or cluster name UNC paths.
Detailed Testing Results Accessing Folder3 Directly:
NOTE: "UNC path" in the following test results means either the DFS or the cluster name share path. The results are the same regardless which path is used.
1 - Enter UNC path without trailing backslash in Windows Explorer's address bar:
Windows Explorer seems to do nothing for about 30 seconds and then displays the following error:
"Windows cannot access <UNC path>
Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise, there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose."
2 - Enter UNC path with trailing backslash in Windows Explorer's address bar:
The same error encountered in #1 is displayed immediately.
3 - Enter UNC path with or without trailing backslash but contained in double quotes in Windows Explorer's address bar:
Internet Explorer opens and displays the error:
"Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage"
4 - Enter UNC path without trailing backslash in Run dialog box:
An error message immediately appears:
"<UNC path>
The specified path does not exist.
Check the path and then try again."
5 - Enter UNC path with trailing backslash in Run dialog box:
Same as #4.
6 - Enter UNC path without trailing backslash but contained in double quotes in Run dialog box:
Same as #4.
7 - Enter UNC path with trailing backslash and contained in double quotes in Run dialog box:
Windows Explorer opens the correct UNC path location and displays the folder contents. This is the expected behavior for all of these attempts.
8 - Create Shortcut to UNC path by performing #7 and then dragging the folder icon in Windows Explorer's address bar to either to the desktop or the Favorites section, and then attempt to access the folder via
the shortcut.
Same as #7.
9 - Attempt to create a shortcut to the UNC path using the New Shortcut wizard:
Unable to successfully create the shortcut, regardless if you add a backslash at the end or enclose the path in double qutoes. When you press Next after entering the UNC path, you receive the following error:
"The file <UNC path> cannot be found."
10 - Disable ABE on the share and repeat all tests:
All tests with ABE disabled on the share have the same result as #7. There is no issue whatsoever accessing the desired folder when ABE is disabled.
Other Notable Behaviors:
If the aforementioned folder (folder3) contains one or more subfolders (e.g. folder4), you are able to access those subfolders via UNC path directly and then go up one level to folder3 without issue, even when ABE is enabled. You just cannot access
folder3 directly via UNC path unless you attempt to access it via the method used in #7 above or a successfully created shortcut.
Adding a user account directly to the folder3 ACL rather than using group membership makes no difference.
If access is granted to folder4 instead of folder3 (the fourth folder deep rather than the third), accessing folder4 directly via UNC path is not an issue regardless of ABE status or attempted access method.
Windows 8 and 8.1 clients have no trouble directly accessing the folder's UNC path via any method. The unusual, undesirable behavior seen in Windows 7 is non-existent on Windows 8.x clients.
Systems Involved:
Client: Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 x86
Server: Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard in cluster
Other Details About the Systems:
Both the client and the file server cluster are in the domain AD DS domain.
The client and the file server cluster are in different subnets.
There is no firewall or other packet inspection or compression service/device in between the client and server (not even Windows Firewall).
Question:
Is there a way to fix this behavior with Windows 7 clients and ABE enabled on the share so that it works correctly without forcing the clients or server to use SMBv1 or disabling ABE on the shares?

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It should be noted that I can't repeat the behavior on my test machine again today after some changes were made in our environment.
Today, I found that someone had modified permissions on the folder to give the group my test account was a member of rights to traverse the folder hierarchy from the root of the share. Additionally, in testing something with FIPS mode, I ended up reverting
my virtual machine to an older snapshot.
After removing the extra permissions that weren't present when I was doing my testing and reverting to the older snapshot, I am not having issues accessing the real equivalent of folder3 directly in Windows Explorer via DFS UNC path or creating a shortcut
with the New Shortcut wizard.
Things have been fundamentally changed and I cannot repeat the behavior on this particular folder. I will see if I can recreate the same situation on another folder.

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We have asked to create a swf movie, which can be seen only with mapped drives, but not in UNC paths, making impossible to have the file in our intranet.
We do not have any error, it is just not loaded.
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http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/fplayer9_security.html

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Copy from JAVA console:
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2009-Mar-16 14:07:33.227 WUF[setProperty()] Setting property WUF_TEXTIO_FILEMODE to W
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Hi all!
Is there any "generic name" for SCCM that points to a specific server role in a site? For eg.: I create a task sequence' step to deploy SO that copy a big file from \\main-sccm\share$.
So, if I have a DP in another site (lets call it
\\sec-sccm), that step will copy file from
\\main-sccm\share$ instead of \\sec-sccm\share$. What I wanna know is if there is a "generic name", variable etc that points, in this case, to the machine' site DP.
Thanx!

HI,
Note that Doamin Computers should have read permissions to the share that the file is copied from. I have haf similar requirements that a file muse be copied from a file share instead of a DP as it is part of another system with it's own update mechanism.
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