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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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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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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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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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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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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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PhilB
A Score Level 1
over 9 years ago
Is FTP an option? a!safeLink will allow ftp:// links
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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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ScottBeard
over 9 years ago
ftp:// is being rejected by Appian for a safeLink()
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PhilB
A Score Level 1
over 9 years ago
Interesting - what version of Appian are you on?
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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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