We currently have hyperlinks in a PDF WFServlet.ibfs report where the link is to a web server. This works fine with IE, Edge and Chrome. For security reasons the location of the files on the web server have been moved to a file share. I have made the change in our development environment to use the file share and the hyperlinks work fine in the PDF WFServlet.ibfs report for IE and Edge, however Chrome does not work.

If I copy the link address from the WFServlet.ibfs report and paste it into Chrome it opens the requested report.

We have variables that are used to build the URLS

Original URL (example)
DIV_LNKA/A150 = 'https://apps.ABC.com/FI/IBIReports/docs/ABC/OP%20REPORTS/ROLLING%2013//OP%20REPORTS/ROLLING%2013/P11FY2016/DIVISION/ABCReport.xlsx';

New URL/file location (example)
DIV_LNKA/A150 = 'file://ABCvault2/FINREPORTS/ibireports/OP%20REPORTS/ROLLING%2013/P11FY2016/DIVISION/ABCReport.xlsx';

Is there a work around in Web Focus for this problem. We have users that use Chrome and it is a requirement for this to work in Chrome, IE and Edge.

Any direction would be appreciated.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: FP Mod Chuck,

Firefox and Chrome have disabled file:// links.

The local links may work if you install this Chrome extension:

Enable local file links