URL links on a DBE

Hi,

I wondered if anyone could help me to try and create a URL link on a Dialog.  I have created a dialog that is in essence a form which reads data from DOORS and then allows the user to write data to DOORS.  I have in essence create a pretty front end for DOORS data in our database.  One of the modules that I read data from has external links to documents and I would like to try and include a link to these on the form I have created.  I was thinking I could create some kind of hyperlink in the text on the form and the user could click on the word and it would take them to the external document.  I can't seem to find a way to do this, and I'm not entirely sure if it is possible.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Regards

Pippa

Re: URL links on a DBE
Mathias Mamsch - Thu Nov 12 07:07:21 EST 2015

Thought of a button like "Take me there" after the document name? Or does it have to be a hyperlink?

You can checkout the htmlEdit / htmlView control. You can also checkout a richField (in RTF you can place hyperlinks).

Regards, Mathias
 

Re: URL links on a DBE
Pippa1 - Thu Nov 12 07:56:49 EST 2015

Hi Mathias,

Thanks for the tips.  I've successfully used a RichText field and can get it to display the full hyperlink for the External LInk i.e. the string starting http:, but now I need to get it to display a more meaningful document title rather than the full URL which is still a hyperlink.  I don't suppose you can help with that ?

Thanks again.

Pippa