Open Folder That Contains Files (Windows Explorer)

I am looking for a way to open folders on a server by clicking on specific spot(s) on a map. E.g., when I click on Tract#12345, I would be taken to the folder on the server named Tract#12345, and from there I can click on subfolders which contain images of varying types, which I can then open by clicking on them - much like Windows Explorer. Any suggestions?! The same would happen for other Tract#'s. I am trying to provide an efficent way to navigate to and view specific files.

Mat

Did you get this working? Perhaps you can provide more details?

Yes, this can be done. What type of app do you want to do this from? Are you wanting to do this from a web page or not? If so, it's easy. Here's an example... Ex:

1) Take your map image and create "hotspots" or an "image map" with it. (This can be done using FrontPage or Dreamweaver or a similar web authoring tool.)

2) Associate each "hotspot" with a hyperlink. For example, one hotspot might a link like this:



Clicking on 'Folder1' will open up Folder1 within your browser. From there, you can select whatever files you want.

Hope this makes sense.

We are developing an intranet site and for internal users the fastest and best way to access files is via a hyperlink to a folder just like you mention above. The proble we are having is that the preferred view for most folders for users in our company is list view but when opening a folder from internet explorer the default seems to be either thumbnail or icon view.

Do you know how to control the view settings? This seems to be independent of what we have the default view on the client set at. We run Windows XP Pro, Windows 2003 Server and Office 2003, all with latest patches.

Any help is appreciated.

Sincerely,

David
davidb@royalelect.com