I want to be able to present a text link and/or URL in a view column that a user can click on to launch a website without them having to open up the document. Is there any way to do this in the Notes client? I know I can use an action button but this to me is unacceptable. Anybody? If there is no way to do it I may have to post an idea on IdeaJam. This is clearly Notes should be able to do.

Comment posted by Tim Tripcony06/18/2008 08:59:28 PM
Homepage: http://www.timtripcony.com

Manual trackback:
http://planetlotus.org/293358

Not the most elegant approach, perhaps... but it works.

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Comment posted by Ian Armstrong06/18/2008 11:46:26 PM

Hey Bruce. Try this:

http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/nd6forum.nsf/55c38d716d632d9b8525689b005ba1c0/950c0501dd53367b8525746b001cc61b?OpenDocument

Cheers, ian

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Comment posted by Don McNally06/19/2008 05:13:59 AM
Homepage: http://dmcnally.blogspot.com

I have an application (written 6 years ago and not modified much since) that uses the NotesUIWorkspace.URLOpen method in the PostOpen event to open a URL defined in the document. You need a different way to edit the document (I use a dialog box) and it requires a double click to open the link, but it works.

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Comment posted by Dave Lemaster06/19/2008 05:57:04 AM

I use the inviewedit event to check for a web or email address in the doc and either open a url or create a new mail message depending upon the icon/column you clicked on.
caret = Source.CaretNoteID
Set doc = db.GetDocumentByID(caret)
If Colprogname(0) = "mailcolumn" Then
If doc.MailAddress(0) = "" Then
Exit Sub
End If
Call maildb.OpenMail
Set maildoc = maildb.CreateDocument
maildoc.Form = "Memo"
maildoc.SendTo = doc.MailAddress(0)
Call ws.EditDocument(1,maildoc)
Elseif Colprogname(0) = "webcolumn" Then
If doc.WebSite(0) = "" Then
Exit Sub
End If
Call ws.URLOpen(doc.WebSite(0))
End If

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Comment posted by Ranjit06/19/2008 06:11:00 AM

As Dave suggests, you could use the InViewEdit event to have a column click launch the URL. LotusGeek contains some great descriptions, and Martin recently wrote about how you could indicate whether a column was 'programmed', to provide a visual clue to the user as well.

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Comment posted by Peter Presnell06/19/2008 08:06:58 AM
Homepage: http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/dotdomino/

Add this to your list of options. Create a form the has the form properties set to "Launch first URL". Then assign a form formula to the view that uses this form. The form need only have a single field "URL".

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Comment posted by Bruce06/19/2008 11:53:59 AM

@All,

You guys rock! Problem solved. Thanks again.

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Comment posted by Gregg Bendtsen08/21/2008 01:34:00 PM

You didn't say which of the suggestions you used? Can you let us know?

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