RDLC Actions: Configure RDLC action to open a file in a disk(PDF) by providing the relative path

Question

I was trying to configure a Text box action to open a file in a disk.
I was able to achieve this by setting the absolute path to the file through textbox properties -> Actions -> Jump to URL and then provide a absolute path to the file
(Eg: "file:///C:/Users/H462586/Downloads/PDFGenerator/PDFGenerator/bin/Debug/Comments.pdf")
But, I will not always have the absolute path. I will have the relative path. How can I configure textbox properties -> Actions -> Jump to URL and then provide a relative path to the file?

Answer 1

Hi @Avinash Rao ,
An absolute URL uses the following format: scheme://server/path/resource
A relative URL typically consists only of the path, and optionally, the resource, but no scheme or server. The following tables define the individual parts of the complete URL format.

scheme
Specifies how the resource is to be accessed.

server
Specifies the name of the computer where the resource is located.

path
Specifies the sequence of directories leading to the target. If resource is omitted, the target is the last directory in path.

resource
If included, resource is the target, and is typically the name of a file. It may be a simple file, containing a single binary stream of bytes, or a structured document, containing one or more storages and binary streams of bytes.

To view a report that uses relative paths to external items, save the report to the report server, and run the report from there.

Best Regards,
Joy

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