Is there any way to add a link to a word in a database that would take the viewer out of MyTaskHelper to some other page elsewhere ?
Not all the records have a link, just a few.
20.06.2010
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Hi, James,
Yes, you can do it now.
Just create any text field and click on the Validation link.
You will see a ‘URL’ option. Check it and MTH will assume that all the data in this column are URL’s and will link to it.
I do not understand your suggestion. I have a database of names and data. I want certain names to be a link to an outside page. In this case, I just click on a certain name, and be taken to a page with that person’s wartime diary.
I went back to the Form Builder and clicked on Validate and URL and submitted. I don’t see any change, except if I click on that name I get a “can’t find”. I would expect to see a box in which I can type the path of the link and then attach that path to a name. Each name would have a different path, but not all names would have links.
02.07.2010
Oh, I see now, James.
My suggestion was to use the URL validation, it just checks if you enter a valid URL in the text field.
What you need is to make links from the text in data cells.
I’m not sure how it should look like for you.
For example, we may want to create a new Field Type called URL.
And on the form it will look like ‘Enter name of the link’ and ‘Enter URL’ and in the database it will look like a proper link, where the name is linked to the entered URL.
We will think about it a little bit and implement it for you.
Thanks!
I would like the name that has a link, to be underlined, and perhaps have a different color (but that’s not necessary). No other column as it is already getting very wide and requires a lot of scrolling.
When a viewer sees a name that is underlined, he would know that he could click on that name and be taken to a different page outside at a different website.
Seems if I checked Validate and URL, it would open up a new box in which I would enter the URL. Close the box and it becomes an attached hidden link for that particular name.
I don’t expect you to redo your software just for me. I appreciate the consideration, and can live without this feature.
02.07.2010
Hi, James,
Yes, it will be underlined for sure.
I’ve understood you and we will do it.
I can’t give you any estimation, because we really have a long list of features to implement very soon.
Users from DabbleDB require some important things to do.
But I can promise you that we will not forget about this feature and will implement it at once we get any chance.
Thanks!