Trying to link to Scrivener documents

Q & A
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#1

Hey all! Trying to link to external Scrivener documents, but it doesn’t seem to work (other file types do work).

I’ve tried both with the x-scrivener-item://C:/Users and just the plain C:/Users/ links, neither works, Aeontimeline just says ‘There is no file at the path specified’. I tried moving the scrivener file to different areas as well, to no success, does anyone know if I’m missing something?

Edit: Version info, on Windows10 Desktop
Version: 3.2.18
Shell Version: 3.4.23

#2

I don’t use Scrivener. Hovewer, you might want to try the File URI scheme, e.g. file:///c:/Users/Username/Documents/my-scriverer-file.scrivx.

Good luck,
Peter

#3

You shouldn’t in essence be able to link to individual Scrivener files as each dependent on the software. If want to link to a document you have three choices
1 export to a pdf, or word document and link to Aeon
2. Copy and paste into a word document and link to Aeon
3. Hold the control key and right click on the file you want to link to. This will show a new right click option of Reveal File Location. This opens the actual data file inside scrivener as an RTF file. If clicking on it, for me, it opens with word. You could save in word and then place in folder for Aeon timeline and attach.
I hope this helps.

#4

Thanks for the options! I’ll start exploring these :slight_smile:

#8

Hi @brodiekins are you trying to add a link to an item that opens up the file in Scrivener when you click it?

If so, using the “Browse” button to link to the .scrivx file would probably be the easiest way to create a file path our app will recognise.

On Windows, the [YourProjectName].scrivx file is located inside the [YourProjectName].scriv folder, so you’ll need to browse inside the folder to locate the project file. The app won’t let you link to the folder itself.