I want to place a button on a page that links to a document in a share drive. W

ScottBeard over 9 years ago

I want to place a button on a page that links to a document in a share drive. When the user clicks the button, the document opens. Any idea how I might do this with Appian? Thanks!

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0 PhilB
A Score Level 1
over 9 years ago

You probably want an a!safeLink:

a!linkField(
label: "Links",
labelPosition: "ABOVE",
links: {
a!safeLink(
label: "Tube map",
uri: "www.google.co.uk/url
)
},
align: "LEFT"
)
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0 PhilB
A Score Level 1
over 9 years ago

...unless it's a network share, and the URL is \\\\<server>\\<document> ?
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0 Sathya Srinivasan
Appian Employee
over 9 years ago

If you want it to look like a button, then you can use an image field with an image of the button with a linkField (as suggested here) to link to the document
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0 ScottBeard over 9 years ago

philb,it is a network share so I couldn't get the safe link to work
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0 ScottBeard over 9 years ago

Sathya, a link is fine - but I'm not getting a network share URL to work.
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0 PhilB
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over 9 years ago

Is FTP an option? a!safeLink will allow ftp:// links
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0 Jim Schweitzer
Certified Lead Developer
over 9 years ago

We've had to show path as plain text and train users to paste into windows explorer.
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0 ScottBeard over 9 years ago

ftp:// is being rejected by Appian for a safeLink()
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0 PhilB
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over 9 years ago

Interesting - what version of Appian are you on?
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0 Carlos Santander
A Score Level 2
over 9 years ago

The 7.5 documentation contained a reference to safehtml.xml (forum.appian.com/.../Data_Types, but that text is missing from 7.6+. You may still want to check that in case it's been modified.
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