HTML to open local folder

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Hi All

I have wrote a workflow process to capture a file with a NodeJS Server Input, manipulate it then give back to the user. Its all worked great, I now want to prompt the user to a folder on a local server to the newly generated file.

I have tried serving a web page with
Some Network Folder

but it’s not doing anything :slight_smile: is this something that can be done in Workflow and or is there a better method for prompting which you guys tend to incorporate?

Thanks in advance
Chris

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Hi @ChrisG,

Can you please share the information you would like to share after “I have tried serving a web page with” as reformatted text (between single forward quote characters/grave accent characters)? because I assume that the information you did like to share get lost, because the “Some Netword Folder” link doesn’t contain a actual link.

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ahhhh how silly of me :smile:

“a href=“file:///server99\NetworkFolder\OutputFolder/”>Some Network Folder”

I have tried with an assortment of back and forward slashes to no avail

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I assume that this is the solution where you are looking for?

<a href="/images/image.png" download>Download Image</a>

Source: ‘How To Create a Download Link - W3Schools’ (opens in new tab)

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Hi Marten

Thanks for the reply, I was actually after opening a windows explorer and browsing to a folder. I can see form Stack Exchange answers though this isn’t secure; I will serve the file up, instead