Edit Field - Label

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January 31, 2013 03:52

Can anyone explain what the Label item on the Edit Field dialog is for?    

/customer/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=00P6000000e88OgEAI

Thanks,

Stephanie

 

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  Permanently deleted user

  February 26, 2013 07:59

  Hi Stephanie,

  We've renamed this field in recent versions of Essentials to be more descriptive. You'll find it is now called "Hyperlink Label". It's purpose is now also described in the Help:

  "If the field contains only a hyperlink (no text), viewers display the text specified in the Hyperlink Label box instead of the URL. This is particularly useful for long URLs. If you want viewers to display the URL, leave the box blank."

  -Victoria

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  Permanently deleted user

  February 26, 2013 08:25

  Hi Victoria

  this is very useful however we need something similar to deal with hyperlinks in DataLinks.

  Currently with have full urls ie http://server/path/page.aspx?arg=1

  Actually it ends up being a lot longer than that. The viewer automatically renders it as a hyperlink since it starts with http but it would be great to be able to have well-formed html ie <a href='http://server/path/page.aspx?arg=1'>See more details</a> as the field value and have that correctly render as a hyperlink like this (http://server/path/page.aspx?arg=1) See more details

  I have database queries that are making the URLs so it is only a small step to making well-formed html with either &lt; or <

  Regards

  Ralph

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  Permanently deleted user

  February 26, 2013 21:00

  Thank you, Victoria.  That will be very useful.

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  Dan Griffin

  June 20, 2013 00:19

  Is  "http://" required in order for this to work?   I was hoping to use the  Hyperlink Label  for a file based hyperlink " file:///\\path\" but it doesn't seem to work.

  Thanks,

  Dan

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  Permanently deleted user

  June 20, 2013 00:23

  I don't believe you can access file paths in silverlight by design you would need to setup a virtual directory so it can be accessed by an http:// link. And I do believe that the http:// is required for it to pick up a hyperlink.

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  Dan Griffin

  June 20, 2013 06:46

  File paths do still work in IE.  It's probably not the most elegant way but it lets internal users maintain their folder/file structure.

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  Permanently deleted user

  June 20, 2013 18:43

  Hi Dan,

  Could you please share how you were able to get file paths to work?  We've tried and tried, but always end up having to create virtual directories to get an http link.

  Thanks!

  ~Stephanie

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  Dan Griffin

  June 20, 2013 22:56

  Sure, it only works as a hyperlink in the Feature Description not in data links... and only in IE.

  The format is <a href="file:///\\{your file path}

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