Attribute control type of "link"

Hi folks,

Has anyone worked out how to create links in attributes ?

One example business use - customer using Projects has added an attribute to record the portal URL and username. This is because their customers often require them to provide updates via that portal.

As ever I’m trying to use inbuilt Acumatica functionality without customisation as that is what my customers more readily access. I’ve added “Text” control attributes to hold the data but can’t make them into clickable links (probably just me not knowing how).

If this isn’t possible, I’ll change the question into a wishlist idea, in which case having an attribute control type of “link” would need the following inputs (I suggest):-

1. Link URI
2. (maybe) Link URI type (web or local filesystem) *
3. Choice of URI Launch Type of “New Window”, “New Tab”, “Frame” or “External” - if “Frame” the link could open the portal in a frame within the current Acumatica window or load an Acumatica WiKi with the frame embedded. If “External” link should be opened with a program other than the browser. **
4. URI parameters (which should also be able to reference standard Acumatica data placeholders as per email notification templates etc)

* The “Link URI type” may not be needed as simply constructing the link URI correctly should reference the desired location (RFC 8089). However, there needs to be a way to force use of a system method to open the link rather than opening the URI in another browser window. In other words, if the URI is a folder, we would want Windows Explorer to open that folder rather than the browser opening it.

Also, my recommendation would be that “filesystem” type URI’s should be restricted to folders only as we’re not trying to replace the excellent mechanism for attaching files to entities that is baked into every screen anyway, and maybe that the attribute control type should be excluded from mobile ?

** If the link URI type is “FileSystem” and the “URI Launch Type” is “External” you’d need to check to see if the path referred to is available.

Thanks for reading folks,

Graham