Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #5105
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- Oct 5, 2009 8:07:44 AM (14 years ago)
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Ticket #5105
- Property Summary Open file in guest by guest ddition → Open file in guest by guest additions
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Ticket #5105 – Description
initial v1 3 3 '''Motivation:'''[[BR]] 4 4 Suppose you run a Linux host environment with a mail client and receive a .docx file that shall be opened in MS Office in a virtual machine. The workflow today would be:[[BR]] 5 1)save file in temporary directory [host system][[BR]]6 2)open explorer [guest][[BR]]7 3)navigate to temporary directory [guest][[BR]]8 4)open file [guest][[BR]]5 1. save file in temporary directory [host system][[BR]] 6 2. open explorer [guest][[BR]] 7 3. navigate to temporary directory [guest][[BR]] 8 4. open file [guest][[BR]] 9 9 10 10 '''Proposal:'''[[BR]] 11 11 Offer an executable "open_in_vm" for the guest system. The user could then ask the mail client to "Open with..." -> "open_in_vm".[[BR]] 12 The "open_in_vm" executable would [[BR]]13 1)translate the local path into a shared path (/tmp/document.docx becomes \Vboxsrvroot\tmp\document.docx) and[[BR]]14 2)ask the guest addition in the VM to open \Vboxsrvroot\tmp\document.docx with the default executable as the user currently logged in12 The "open_in_vm" executable would 13 1. translate the local path into a shared path (/tmp/document.docx becomes \Vboxsrvroot\tmp\document.docx) and[[BR]] 14 2. ask the guest addition in the VM to open \Vboxsrvroot\tmp\document.docx with the default executable as the user currently logged in 15 15 16 '''Possible Extensions:''' [[BR]]17 -if no VM is started, the "open_in_vm" executable could ask the user whether a VM should be started and which one[[BR]]18 -if several VMs are started, the "open_in_vm" executable could ask which one should open the file16 '''Possible Extensions:''' 17 * if no VM is started, the "open_in_vm" executable could ask the user whether a VM should be started and which one[[BR]] 18 * if several VMs are started, the "open_in_vm" executable could ask which one should open the file 19 19 20 20 I don't know how difficult it would be to implement this feature but I think it would be extremely useful. I did not find a feature request describing this behavior.