Linking to files in Shared File Modules - is FileID gone?

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9/8/2011 9:51:16 AM
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Linking to files in Shared File Modules - is FileID gone?

I have shared file modules in a number of pages but have been asked to create a page that lists them all From trawling around in here I found several references to

In code you can build an url to the file in this format:

~/SharedFileDownload.aspx?pageid=x&mid=y&fileid=z

but I do not have a fileid in mp_sharedfiles - either I am being stoopid or the schema has changed. I realise the security context implications of doing this.

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John

9/8/2011 10:10:13 AM
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Re: Linking to files in Shared File Modules - is FileID gone?

OK Got it fileid = itemid

link /sharedfiles/download.aspx?mid=nn&pagid=nn&fileid=nn working a treat

NOT /sharedfiledownload.aspx

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9/8/2011 10:17:00 AM
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Re: Linking to files in Shared File Modules - is FileID gone?

Hi John,

Ok if that works for you but Shared Files was not designed for linking to files from other content, it is designed mainly for sharing files securely by roles so that only users with permission can download the file. I guess it can work ok like you are trying to use it but only if the shared files instance is configured to allow anyone to download. If its configured for only certain roles then those links would not work unless the user was in the allowed role.

For just a list of public links you could just as easily use a plain old html feature and upload the files using the link dialog in the wysiwyg editor, though I suppose one advantage of the shared files is that it keeps track of download counts.

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Joe

9/8/2011 10:25:05 AM
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Re: Linking to files in Shared File Modules - is FileID gone?

I do understand that Joe -  the users want to put related files in pages in different parts of the site and like the way that SF module works but also want have an overall publications list - so this way works for me - they get the download counts and description indexing and a sort of library page - if I just did it the old simple way I would have 2 copies of most of the files one in the Db and one in the filesystem which in the long run would be a maintenance issue.  I know that for sure I wrote their original site 6 years ago and have been supporting them since. ;)

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