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butterpickle
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Cannot directly open file from DB Dash

I was excited to use DB Dash, and like the fast and thorough search capability BUT the fact that you cannot actually open a file from the Dash window renders this feature unhelpful. When clicking on ...
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DBXjames
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Hi butterpickle,

Would you mind if we reached out to you and opened a support ticket?

 

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butterpickle
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Sure. I'll note that NOW when I click on a file returned in the Dash app popup window, it opens the file in my Brave browser window. Prior (and what I wrote in about earlier), it would spawn a Brave browser tab containing the same search results that were shown in the Dash app window, and from there I could click the file and it would open in the appropriate app.  So, eg, I clicked on a .docx in Dash, then it opened a Brave tab with the contents of the .docx

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