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Uploading PDF File

Asked By: Keaton Boyle Date: Feb 12, 2006 Category: Sharepoint Views: 388

I have an issue that I'm having a problem getting my hands around.
I have a PDF document that is updated hourly and exported to a folder on the server --> Path c:\Inetpub\ftproot\healthy\health.pdf

I am trying to get this document on Sharepoint in the document library. But when I point to the path it only seems to take the initial instance of the file. It does not keep updating.

What is the actual path for the sharepoint document library? It seems like it's a virtual path.

Can someone suggest a way to be able to keep sucking the updated file into my link?

Tagged:uploading pdf file

3 Answers Found

Answer #1 Answered By: Alisha Holmes Answered On: Feb 12, 2006

For continual updates you may try exporting the file using a webdav connection through a virtual file share. For example a library at the URL http://wss1/documents can also be accessed through the UNC path of \\wss1\documents. If you export your document using the UNC path it will be updated in sharepoint each time your application exports it.

Answer #2 Answered By: Damon Garner Answered On: Feb 12, 2006

The issue that I'm having is that from Windows I can't hit the UNC
path in order to get to the Document Library.

In Crystal you need to use the UNC path but I can only access the
Document Library from the http://www.namehere.com/

Answer #3 Answered By: Percy Beach Answered On: Feb 12, 2006

When you upload the file, the file gets stored in the database. If the file changes on the drive, the database has no way to know about it. There are two options that I see

Instead of exporting to c:\inetpub\ftproot.. export to http://servername/sites/SiteName/LibraryName.
Use the SyncToy www.microsoft.com/.../synctoy.mspx to echo the new version from the ftp folder into Sharepoint.

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