How open a local file with the associated program from a web page?

Question

I know the user of my app has a local file named c:\\sourcefile.cs, I need to find a way to render a link to that file so that when he clicks the link, it will open the file in

Answer 1

You should ask users of your app (since it is for internal use) to change a firefox option

Tools -> Options -> Applications(tab)

There they should associate the .cs with the action you want (to open the VS)..

now using the should work..

[update]

Seems like firefox has removed the option to add a new mimetype..

there is a manual workaround..

You will need to locate the firefox profile (located at : APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\ )

and then edit the file mimeTypes.rdf

add the following element

and also find the existing and add to it the

Now you can edit it with from the applications tab as shown earlier..