I believe it works that way for security reasons. Otherwise people with bad intentions could simply post links pointing to the shell exec with some nasty commands and create havok on ones machine.
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Diogo Girondi <[email protected]>wrote: > You probably need some Java or Javascript blackmagic to bypass the > browser's own file handling. Normally browsers check if a file is > supported/readable and try to open it, if they can't, they trigger a > download operation. > > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Ron Ganbar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sorry to barge in on this. >> I'm on a Mac with Chrome. If I type in a file address pointing to a .nk >> file in Chrome I get that file as text. Can't find a way to tell Chrome to >> open using an application. Any idea? >> >> >> Ron Ganbar >> email: [email protected] >> tel: +44 (0)7968 007 309 [UK] >> +972 (0)54 255 9765 [Israel] >> url: http://ronganbar.wordpress.com/ >> >> >> >> On 17 August 2012 15:52, Jimmy Christensen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> What happens if you write this in your browser? >>> >>> file:///Servername/Projects/**Project/.../nukescript.nk >>> >>> Ofcourse with the correct path and all. >>> >>> If the mimetypes/filetypes are setup correctly firefox should ask which >>> application it should open it with. Also what deskop environment are you >>> using (gnome, kde, etc.)? >>> >>> Best Regards >>> Jimmy Christensen >>> Developer >>> Ghost A/S >>> >>> >>> On 17/08/12 08:12, chrissowa wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Holger, >>>> >>>> thanks for your reply. >>>> >>>> I completely forgot to say that we are using CentOS (5.4) and Firefox >>>> (10)... >>>> >>>> You are using Shotgun at your company, or? >>>> Can you open Nuke from within Shotgun? Is it possible to see how they >>>> managed this to work? >>>> >>>> Actually i m not sure for what "terms" i have to search for. Mime-Types >>>> is a complex topic and there are a lot of results if i search for that. >>>> Therefore it would be great if you could give me a hint for what i have >>>> to search more exactly. >>>> >>>> Because the Nuke-Files are not on our webserver, but on our Dataserver, >>>> i can not just do a link to the nuke file. >>>> >>>> Our webserver is something like: 192.168.123.123/redmine/ >>>> but the files are at: /Servername/Projects/Project/.**../nukescript.nk >>>> >>>> So i would need a link, that opens nuke and can take a path to a >>>> nukefile to open. >>>> >>>> I guess this is more complex than just a mimetype-problem. >>>> Maybe i underestimated this issue and it s to complex to achieve Sad >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>> [email protected].**co.uk<[email protected]>, >>>> http://forums.thefoundry.co.**uk/ <http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/> >>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.**uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**nuke-users<http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Nuke-users mailing list >>> [email protected].**co.uk<[email protected]>, >>> http://forums.thefoundry.co.**uk/ <http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/> >>> http://support.thefoundry.co.**uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**nuke-users<http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> > >
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