Using aliases in links

[bistritapcv]

I see all Phoca files have an alias (as do Joomla articles in general). I wanted to put a link in an article to a Phoca file.
I went to the menu where I had Phoca Download Section List Layout and clicked on it and then right-clicked on the link
to one of the files. It gave me
http://192.168.5.11/Joomla/index.php?op ... &Itemid=63
which is a very long URL to put in a link. This is also a file whose version can change, so if I ever change the file I will
have to go everywhere I put this link and replace it with a link to the new file.

What I want to do is be able to use the alias I gave this (like VPN_CURRENT or whatever alias I give it) and have that
be part of the link. Something like http://192.168.5.11/aliases/VPN_CURRENT (or something). Then when I replace
with a new file, the new file can be given the alias VPN_CURRENT and the one that was current could have a new
alias like VPN_VER1.1 or something.

Is there a way to do this? If it is the same way as doing it with regular Joomla articles that is great except that I don't
know how to do it with Joomla Articles either. Can someone enlighten me (or maybe it is not possible?).

Thanks

[codejunkie]

Do you plan on using SEF URLs? You might be able to find the SEF URL for the file. Then when you need to change file versions, just edit the alias for each file. In theory, it should work, but I've not tested this.