@FILE binding error

Hi all,
I am getting and error "Could not retrieve document site.com/assets/files/illustration.txt" when I use "@FILE assets/files/illustration.txt" in the default value of a TV. I want to display the contents of this file on my site. the files directory has 777 permissions and the illustration.txt has 644.

Can you suggest me why Modx can not retrieve this document?

Also, even if I remove this file binding in the default value and empty the cache, the page still shows "Could not retrieve document site.com/assets/files/illustration.txt" which is weird for me. How can it display this message if I am not asking to retrieve this document?
Even if I change the default value to some random text, still the message persists!

Awaiting your reply
Thanks in advance

Try to put in the entire path name, e.g.

@FILE /html_root_folder/path/to/file.txt

or whatever it is in your case and see if that works for you.

When using a relative path like assets/files/xyz.txt ask yourself "relative to what?" When you are editing a resource, you are working in the /manager/ directory, from the /manager/index.php file. So your relative path must be relative to /manager/index.php; that would in this case be ../assets/files/xyz.txt