IE7 Redirect UNC Path

A note before reading this, all source code is PHP and all applications are
available on the intranet only.

In one of our inhouse custom web applications that our employees use,
it will bring up a file listing for particular item when they click a
button. More or less when the click the button a windows explorer window
pops up directly pointing to the UNC path so they can view all files and
folders associated with the particular item in question.

(all our source code is PHP)

Source example:
header("Location: \\\\servername\\products\\pid");


I can goto the location bar and type in \\servername\products\pid manually
and a
window opens and shows the contents. if they click the button (in IE7) a new
window opens and page can not be displayed shows up.

I know this works in IE6 if we uncheck 'Show Friendly HTTP Error
Messages" in Internet Options Advanced Settings. I believe this in the
the browsing section of Advanced settings.

We are starting to move people over to the IE7 now because they are
getting Vista (but still does not work in XP IE7 either). Is there
another setting I should have in Internet Options? Or is IE7 not going to
allow this what so ever.

Any help appreciated as this issue will only grow as we release IE7.

Thanks

Hi Mark,
I will have a try to give you some ideas, I am not strong on unix web apps.

First do this in IE7 - enter ftp.microsoft.com in the Address bar

You should get a directory listing from the MS ftp site. It will have
instructions on it on how to view the directory in the Windows Explorer with
the classic folder view. I assume this is similar to what you want to
present to your users.

I think that the solution may be to set up a ftp site on your Intranet and
to place all of the unc directories that your users access under the control
of ftp or if this is already in place then to allow them browsing access to
those directories.

There is a setting on the Advanced tab of Inernet Options - Enable FTP
folder view (outside of Internet Explorer) , but I think that just enables
the Page menu option to view the folder in Windows Explorer.

Regards.
"Mark" <> wrote in message
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>A note before reading this, all source code is PHP and all applications are
> available on the intranet only.
>
> In one of our inhouse custom web applications that our employees use,
> it will bring up a file listing for particular item when they click a
> button. More or less when the click the button a windows explorer window
> pops up directly pointing to the UNC path so they can view all files and
> folders associated with the particular item in question.
>
> (all our source code is PHP)
>
> Source example:
> header("Location: \\\\servername\\products\\pid");
>
>
> I can goto the location bar and type in \\servername\products\pid manually
> and a
> window opens and shows the contents. if they click the button (in IE7) a
> new
> window opens and page can not be displayed shows up.
>
> I know this works in IE6 if we uncheck 'Show Friendly HTTP Error
> Messages" in Internet Options Advanced Settings. I believe this in the
> the browsing section of Advanced settings.
>
> We are starting to move people over to the IE7 now because they are
> getting Vista (but still does not work in XP IE7 either). Is there
> another setting I should have in Internet Options? Or is IE7 not going to
> allow this what so ever.
>
> Any help appreciated as this issue will only grow as we release IE7.
>
> Thanks
>