URLs in custom work item fields of type mediumHtml

Simon Webb (46●8●5) | asked Feb 09 '09, 12:40 p.m.
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I wanted to include a custom work item field that can have a value that is a URL to an external document. I would like the value to be a clickable link in both the RTC client and the browser interface, and of course I'd like it to look right in the browser as well.

I am aware that external URL links can be created in the "links" section of a work item quite easily - and they also get formatted correctly and are clickable in both the RTC client and browser. However I wanted a custom field so that I would be able to search work items easily - I was not sure that this could be done when using the "Related artifacts" link approach. Please correct me if I am wrong though since that would solve my problem a different way.

I'm nearly there, but I can't get a regular URL to appear properly in the web-client.

This is an example of a value I set using the RTC client:

<a>00635,070,724</a>

The problem is that the last part of the URL gets somehow modified in the browser to read:

...OpenForm&.amp.d=00635070724

which causes the query to fail.

Note the "." after the ampersand and "amp". I've tried all the different combinations of "&", "&amp" and quoting of the value in the RTC client and I always seem to get extra "." in the browser links. I am not an HTML expert but have read that the correct way to include an ampersand in a URL was to use "&amp;". As I say, I've tried as many different ways as I can think of to get it to work and failed.

I was also interested to see that even though I set the editor presentation for the field to be "smallHtml" the RTC client didn't display the value as a formatted link - in other words it displayed the HTML source for the link - but recognized it as a link and I am able to click on it.

Any help appreciated!

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0	permanent link Simon Webb (46●8●5) \| answered Feb 09 '09, 12:41 p.m. JAZZ DEVELOPER Ok - I should have disable HTML in this post. The example should read: <a href='http://d25dbw36.mkm.can.ibm.com/wwqa%5Cwwqades.nsf/WWQADispItem?OpenForm&amp;d=00635070724' >00635,070,724</a> Sorry!

0	permanent link Marcel Bihr, Jazz Work Item team (1.4k) \| answered Feb 10 '09, 3:44 a.m. JAZZ DEVELOPER Hi I have created defect 70728: https://jazz.net/jazz/resource/itemName/com.ibm.team.workitem.WorkItem/70728 to track the issue. Regards Marcel Jazz Work Item team

0	permanent link Simon Webb (46●8●5) \| answered Feb 10 '09, 10:43 a.m. JAZZ DEVELOPER Much appreciated Marcel.

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Andrés Guerrero (206●1●32●18) | answered May 04 '09, 11:07 a.m.

Much appreciated Marcel.

Hi all,

I have a similar problem with mediumHtml type formating on RTC2M2.
When creating a new work item with a custom mediumhtml field I get the expected formating "before" I save the workitem:


Field content&#58;

&lt;a href='http&#58;//www.google.com'&gt;Googleee&lt;/a&gt;



Preview&#58;

Googleee &#40;links to http&#58;//www.google.com&#41;

But when I save the work item ... :


Field content&#58;

&lt;a href='http&#58;//www.google.com'&gt;Googleee&lt;/a&gt;



Preview&#58;

http&#58;//www.google.com'&gt;Googleee  &#40;links to &lt;server public root URI&gt;/projects/_A&#41;

Is there something I should know about medumHTML type?

Thanks

0	permanent link Andrés Guerrero (206●1●32●18) \| answered May 04 '09, 11:35 a.m. Is interesting that when I edit the mediumHtml custom field (Changing the label from Googleee to Googleeeeee for example) and click 'Preview' it works as expected again. When I save the field is wrong again.

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SEC Servizi (971●2●28●54) | answered Oct 15 '13, 5:08 a.m.
edited Oct 15 '13, 5:10 a.m.

We are able to add an hypertext link to a custom HTML field simply using:

final String html = "[a href=\"http://example.com\"]website[/a]";
wi.setValue(attribute, html);

(*) Replace [ with <.

While the Eclipse client renders the field content in the proper manner (i.e., the word "website" as a link to "example.com"), the web client seems do not allow the HTML injection (i.e., all the content is reported as text).

Any advice?

Thanks in advance.

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Ralph Schoon (62.0k●3●36●43) | answered Oct 15 '13, 6:21 a.m.
FORUM ADMINISTRATOR / FORUM MODERATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER

I have not tried with medium HTML attributes. I used the Wiki type attribute and it seems to work there. An example using JavaScript can be found here in Lab 5 at the end.

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SEC Servizi commented Oct 15 '13, 7:01 a.m.

We are still on v2.0.x and the Wiki type attribute seems not to be available (https://jazz.net/library/article/129/).

Ralph Schoon commented Oct 15 '13, 7:03 a.m.

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Sorry, I can't even test that easily anymore, because I got rid of my 2.x installs recently.

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