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Can someone share what the code should be for a link to download and/or potentially launch a Word or PDF file?  And what EE {path} type variables might be best to use?

As always, any and all help is very much appreciated.  Thanks!!  Larry A.

First create a File type custom field for the actual file, eg “download-file”

Then add the field short name in your template as the HREF attribute:

<a href="http://{download-file}">Download</a>

EE will automatically add the path to the file, based on what you’re set up in File upload preferences.

Rob, I tried this, but the user defned field did not resolve.  Came through uninterpreted.  I’ll play with a bit more, but if any suggestion should come to mind, will certainly appreciate.  Thanks.

Hi, ladams1949.

Make sure your custom field is a File field type, and name it something like pdf-view.

Then inside the entry, upload a .pdf file. Does the upload work?

If you put in {pdf-view} inside your exp:channel:entries loop, does something show up in the display?

Sue, I’m on 1.6.9, and I did not see a field type of “File” as being available when I set up the section custom field.  Is that perhaps the problem, that I am not defining this field in the correct place?  As it is, I have it defined as “text”.

Thanks!

Duhh.. my mistake. 😊 But the concept is the same.. make sure you control the naming of the field, and set the formatting to be None.