Opening a PDF file in a new tab, without knowing the full Name of the PDF

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Hi!

I need to open a PDF file, in a new tab in IE. I know the place where it is, but I don't know the full name.

The name looks like this: 123456_filename.pdf

But I only know the 123456 part. How can I create the link, without knowing the full name. Or how can I open open it, without knowing the full filename.

Thank you for answers!

Posted 20-Feb-14 6:20am

kirk651

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Richard MacCutchan 20-Feb-14 12:41pm

You can't. You need to use a directory search to find all files with 123456 in their name, and select from the returned list.

kirk651 20-Feb-14 12:53pm

Well, i need to open the documents from a sharepoint library, and i know the path, but only the half of the file name. What do you suggest? Anyway, thx for the answer.

Richard MacCutchan 20-Feb-14 13:06pm

I suggest you do what I suggested. You cannot open a file without providing its full name.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 20-Feb-14 13:48pm

Why? Sounds like a really bad idea. What if you have more then one file meeting these criteria?
—SA

kirk651 20-Feb-14 14:33pm

Nope, these are codes, there can be only 1.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 20-Feb-14 14:51pm

If you are so sure, use the recipe Richard gave you above. But this is the indication that the piece of software is not reasonable well designed. If patching this behavior is beyond your reach... well, it happens in development. Search all files and make sure that there is only one in the array, pick that one.
—SA

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