How to open files from a remote server using HTML

Question

Is there any option to open files from a remote server using HTML?

I am currently using "file" protocol and it is not suported anymore and I am stuck because I can't find a solution to open it using HTML.

This is my current code

<a href="file://\\SERVER\files\file.pdf" target="_blank">Open File</a>

When you say 'open', what exactly do you mean? Would you like the file to open in the browser? — OliverRadini, Jul 25 '18 at 10:00
You can't use `file:///` remotely, you need a standard `http://` and then that server needs to find it for you, and pass it back, all that done using server side code. — Asons, Jul 25 '18 at 10:01
So there's no way to open it through HTML now? Only setting up a webserver on my remote server to access it — Gustavo Monteiro, Jul 25 '18 at 10:03

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 25 '18 at 10:06

If you don't define an absolute address, html will search the file in the server where your page is hosted.

 //It means that there is a folder named images on the same location of your html page.
 <a href="/images/myFile.jpg">

 //It means that there is a folder in the parent folder of your html page named images on the same location of your html page.
 <a href="../images/myFile.jpg">

Or you can define an absolute address to download or open your file :

  <a href="http://yourdomain.com/images/myFile.jpg">

Please say why downvote if not, downvoting doesn't have any meaning. I believe that there are some people who downvote for downvoting only. — Coskun Ozogul, Jul 25 '18 at 10:09

How to open files from a remote server using HTML

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