on slx v7.5.3 web
i have a grid and created select column, on rowselectchange property i have added a c# snippet which i what to open a file(xml or doc anything or directory)
the following code runs when debug slx via visual studio but not when run saleslogix itself??

hpath = "C:\documents\image.jpg"  or "C:\documents\myfiles"

if (hpath != null)
    {
 if (System.IO.File.Exists(hpath))
 {

            string myPath = hpath;   //@"C:\documents\test file.txt";
            System.Diagnostics.Process prc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
            prc.StartInfo.FileName = myPath;
            prc.Start();   
  }
  else
  {//open directory
   System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(hpath);
     }
    }

Process.Start runs on the server. Not on the client. What your code is trying to do is open a file on the webserver (which is not where the user is). You cannot use Process.Start in a web application. In order to open the file for the user, you need to do a Response.BinaryWrite (this is one of several choices). See http://www.dotnetperls.com/response-binarywrite-aspnet - what this will do is trigger a file download to the user. They'll get the standard file download prompt in their browser and can then do whatever they want with the file.

Make sense?

sorry not fluent in code,

need to open a txt,doc,pdf or jpeg file

will know path as store in grid -but hardcided for now

tried:

  string path = @"C:\\documents\\test file.txt";

byte[] byteArray = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(path);

Response.BinaryWrite(byteArray);

Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";

but get error: the message received from the server could not be parsed. Common causes for this error are when the response is modified by calls to Response.Write(),response filters, HttpModules or server trace is enabled. Details:error parsing near 'this is a test file4'.

That sounds like an AJAX error, the grid is in an UpdatePanel and it wont let you run this kind of operation I believe. Register your button (or whatever is calling your code) as a PostBackTrigger.

To add to the above I think you need a "full" postback, not just an AJAX panel update. This should help:

http://forums.asp.net/p/1197145/2074699.aspx#2074699

is the post back code i can add into the snippet, is so how?

or is there a property i need to change on the grid

(grid is just on a tab under the account, with "select" as column text that runs this snippet)

how do add a postback in the page load event for a select column?

totally befuzzled on this for some reason!

This should help:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1289958/how-to-configure-a-gridview-commandfield-to-trigger-full-page-update-in-updatepa

It's in VB.net but should give you the idea. It does it in RowDataBound as opposed to Page_Load which is fine. you will need to convert your quickform (if is one) into a custom smartpart to add the RowDataBound though.

Alternatively you could have a separate aspx page that handles the file generation/sending to client, and in your grid just hyperlink (target="_blank") and open the aspx page and pass in any params you need to in the query string.