Designer: file:// Protocol Support

Issue

Appvance Designer does not support automating pages opened directly using the file:// protocol.

Solution

To automate a local HTML page with Designer, serve the page through a web server instead of opening it directly with the file:// protocol.

1. Start a web server that serves the directory containing your HTML pages.
2. Open the page using its HTTP or HTTPS URL, for example:
   http://localhost:8080/index.html
3. Open the page in Designer using the web server URL.
4. Create or run your automation against the page served through HTTP/HTTPS.

Note: Opening the page directly from the local file system using a URL such as file:///C:/path/to/page.html is not supported for Designer automation.

Last updated: August 19, 2026

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