Can't figure out HTML file path formatting

Question

I am trying to send a link to a location on our servers via email, but I can't get the HTML portion of the link to work.

This is my file path-- P:\2. Corps\PNL_Daily_Report

What I've tried--

newMail.HTMLBody ='<a href="file://///P:\2.%20Corps\PNL_Daily_Report">Link Anchor</a>'
newMail.HTMLBody ='<a href="P:\2. Corps\PNL_Daily_Report">Link Anchor</a>'
newMail.HTMLBody ='<a href="P:\2.%20Corps\PNL_Daily_Report">Link Anchor</a>'

Obviously I am not an HTML guy, so i bet this answer will be quick for someone who is. Any ideas on how to get the HTML link to format?

Everyone receiving the email has a network drive mapped to "P:"? I'd think you'd want to serve that file via web server, or as an attachment. — RamblinRose, Dec 12 '19 at 18:19

Code Different · Answer 1 · 2019-12-12T18:26:37.240

According to this article on MSDN Blog, your href should be:

<a href="file:///P:/2.%20Corps/PNL_Daily_Report">Link Anchor</a>

Windows path is a significant break from UNIX-style path, and the internet mostly uses Unix convention.

file:// indicate the scheme (the other popular schemes are http:// and ftp://)
P: refers to the drive, or the mounting point in Unix's file systems
/ means root, or the ultimate point that refers to a file system
The backward slash (\) is the Windows' path separator, but Unix's is the forward slash (/)

Can't figure out HTML file path formatting

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