URL in system

RE: URL in system

ekanshj — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 03:40:32 GMT

Thanks everyone for your response.
I understood that this is not do able unless a servlet is created.
So we are not using this now and instead following another approach for our requirement.

RE: URL in system

Robert Shankin — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 18:30:54 GMT

Hi ekanshj

The short answer is that Appian doesn't do this OOTB right now.

You would need to develop a custom servlet to effect a change to your PC outside of your browser.
This presents a openings for unexpected behavior, and I'd look for alternatives before pursuing this design further.

Consider:
What if not every user has that application installed?
What if the applications are installed but in different places on different workstations?
Are you prepared to use mobile awareness to suppress this functionality on mobile devices?

RE: URL in system

ravir0001 — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 03:24:57 GMT

Hi Jain !
Here are couple of options !

1. Use the safeLink in the below format
=a!safeLink(
label: "Company web site",
uri: "http://www.google.com"
)

2. You may try using the safeLink inside a linkField method
=a!linkField(
label: "Company web site",
links: a!safeLink(
label: "Company web site",
uri: "http://www.google.com"
)
)

Please refer the below link :

docs.appian.com/.../Appian_Data_Types.html

3. SafeURI is not compatible with any scheme other than http, https, mailto, and ftp.
Please refer the below link for further details.
docs.appian.com/.../Appian_Data_Types.html

4. Please cehck once again : Are there any spaces in the URL.

Thanks,
Ravi.

RE: URL in system

nicholash893817 — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 00:06:01 GMT

it probably has to do with how the local machine URL is defined

check out docs.appian.com/.../Appian_Data_Types.html

When casting from Text, the string will fail verification if it contains any of the following:

Any scheme other than http, https, ftp, and mailto

Invalid URI characters if not already escaped

Empty text string

RE: URL in system

ekanshj — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 02:48:30 GMT

No it does not have spaces and it is a local machine URL

RE: URL in system

vishnuv — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 02:18:18 GMT

HI,
Can you check if there are any spaces in the URL. It should work after it is removed.
This documentation should help as well --> docs.appian.com/.../Appian_Data_Types.html
Thanks.