Creating a new Web Browser URL External Link

1. On the Administration menu, click External Links. The External Links window is displayed.
2. Right-click in the window and click New External Link. The Select External Link Type dialogue is displayed.
3. Select Web browser URL and then click OK. The relevant new External Link - Web browser URL dialogue is displayed.

4. Complete the required fields and options.

General tab

• Link name - the name of the link

• Icon - select the icon for the new link

• Root Browser URL - type in the URL the External Link will open in the web browser.
• Link supports tagged processing - select to enable the link to process multiple tagged Content Manager records
  • Command line parameters when doing tagged processing - click the KwikSelect to display the Insert External Link Parameter dialogue box. Select the parameters to be passed to the executable:
    • Special Substitution Parameter - from the drop-down menu, select a special substitution parameter.
      Multiple parameters can be selected, but each selection must be saved by clicking OK on the Insert External Link Parameter dialogue box repeating the selection process.
    • Parameter Value must be non-blank for link to execute - select for the linked application to run only when the field contains a value
  • Use tagged command line format for single selection - use the command line format for a single selection.
• Default record command line parameters - click the KwikSelect to display the Insert External Link Parameter dialogue box. Select the parameters to be passed to the executable. Multiple parameters, of different types, can be selected, but each selection must be saved by clicking OK on the Insert External Link Parameter dialogue box before repeating the selection process.
  • Standard Property - from the drop-down menu, select a standard Content Manager property value.
  • Additional Field - from the drop-down menu, select aContent Manager Additional Field property value.
  • Special Substitution Parameter - from the drop-down menu, select a special substitution parameter.
    Multiple parameters can be selected, but each selection must be saved by clicking OK on the Insert External Link Parameter dialogue box repeating the selection process.
  • Parameter Value must be non-blank for link to execute - select this option to run the External Link only when the selected parameters contain a value.
• Only use this link for records having the following file types - type in the file extensions that this executable can be used on.

The properties of the other tabs are described on the following pages:

• Usage (Record) tab
• Usage (Location) tab
• Usage (Other) tab
• Notes
• Access tab
• Access Controls tab

Click OK to save the new link.

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