Solidworks Viewer crash on load

[rhyno2k]

Hi,


I have links to .SLDDRW, .SLDPRT & .SLDASM files on our intranet site. The purpose is to allow everyone access to view drawings from within an intranet-based web application. The files exist, and the links are correct, but Solidworks Viewer (2008) crashes on each launch.

Error:
SWViewer (swviewer.exe) has encountered a problem and needs to close.

The link is in the format:

file://mycompany/Solidworks/mydrawing.SLDDRW

However, when I copy the same shortcut verbatim and paste into a Start/Run... box, the Viewer launches and the drawing appears with no problem. The error & crash occur on every browser/platform combination: Win XP or Vista, IE 6, IE 7, FF2, FF3.

Does anyone have a proven way to launch SolidWorks files from a web page?


Thanks.

 

[Standing]

rhyno2k,
We had a similar problem just like yours a while back. I looked in my windows explorer and saw
\\Athena\@Engineering Central\Common
But was really
\\Athena\Engineering\@Engineering Central\Common
Check with IT and see if the path is really what you think it is.


Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64, SP4.0EV2
PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
Dell XPS Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 5 GB RAM, Virtual memory 10240 MB,
nVidia Quadro FX 3400
"If it ain't broke, you just haven't looked hard enough." Fix it anyway.

 

[rhyno2k]

Bradley,


Thanks for your input. Actually, I am IT -- didn't notice the 'Mechanical' designation until now (and can't find where to change it) -- I'm trying to create links on web pages so all my users can simply view SolidWorks drawings.

The links on the web page are the exact same file paths as the ones tested windows explorer (copied & pasted from the link).

So, in essence:

This crashes SWViewer:

clicking: <a href='file://mycompany/Solidworks/mydrawing.SLDDRW'>mydrawing</a>

This launches SWViewer & the drawing fine:

Start, Run, 'file://mycompany/Solidworks/mydrawing.SLDDRW'