getting an error:Access is denied on window.open() function in javascript

Question

i am getting a problem while opening a file. Here is my javascript code:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var refViewer = null;

function OpenViewerWindow(image) {
   alert(image)
   return window.open("file:///E:/HOBBYHOMES_E-PORTFOLIO/HobbyHomesWebApp/ePortfolio/PortFolioContent/5/ReferenceMaterial/"+image, "Viewer", "height=400px,width=550px,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes ,resizable=yes,top=100px,left=234px");
}


function openViewer(image) {

    if (refViewer != null) {
       if (refViewer.closed == false) {
            refViewer.close();
            refViewer = OpenViewerWindow(image);
        }
        else refViewer = OpenViewerWindow(image);
    }
    else
        refViewer = OpenViewerWindow(image);
}   
</script>

@item.candidateportfolo.FilePath contains the filename:prtf_1.docx

but my file is not opening. In Internet Explorer i get Accesdenied Error.
In Mozilla Firfox it doesnot open
Am i specifying a wrong path.Please help me

Answer 1

You cannot access local files through the browser, unless you have special privileges,or you are running the page locally (even then it won't work reliably across browsers)

Unless you use the HTML5 File API http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/dndfiles/