Need link to attachment from a list.

Question

I've got a user who has a very large SharePoint list, to which she is attaching files (normally, I'd recommend a Document Library, but that's its own story).  She wants to be able to have a direct link to the attached file as a list column.  Much
to my surprise, this is not possible OOTB.
I've seen this described for 2007
elsewhere, but was unsuccessful in adapting it to SPD 2010.  Has anybody encountered a solution for this for 2010, or know how the 2007 solution could be adapted?
Many thanks!

Answer 1

Hi Josh,
From your description, I’d recommend you create a new column for attachments in the current list. Here are the steps:
1.In the List Tools > List > Modify View > Modify in SharePoint Designer (Advanced).
2.Then you come to SharePoint Designer 2010. Switch to Split view and locate the column. Then right-click and insert Column to the Right.
3.Then locate the td part as below:
<td><xsl:text xmlns:ddwrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/webparts/v2/data....
</td>
4.Replace it with the code as below:
<td id="ItemAttchment" class="ms-vb">
          <xsl:element name="SharePoint:AttachmentsField">
          <xsl:attribute name="runat">server</xsl:attribute>
           <xsl:attribute name="FieldName">Attachments</xsl:attribute>
          <xsl:attribute name="ControlMode">Display</xsl:attribute>
          <xsl:attribute name="Visible">true</xsl:attribute>
          <xsl:attribute name="ItemId">
          <xsl:value-of select="@ID"/>
          </xsl:attribute>
          </xsl:element>
</td>
5.Then view in the IE browser and see if it works as expected.
The screen shot below is the result from my lab environment:
Regards,
Rebecca Tu
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