[mapguide-users] Hyperlink in Selection panel

Ryan Northcott rnorthcott at gmail.com
Thu Jun 28 07:09:27 PDT 2012


Thanks Martin, I didn't know about the tags

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Martin Morrison
<martin.morrison at edsi.com>wrote:

> This is incorrect.
>
> It works, we use it.  Keep in mind that valid HTML has anchor tags, you
> need to include those also.  E.g. <A HREF=http://myserver.com/whatever.pdf>Click
> ME!</A>  This of course will give you the words "Click Me!" as a clickable
> hyperlink.
>
> Martin Morrison
> Application Engineer
> Engineering Design Systems, Inc.
> 3780 Peters Creek Rd Ext SW
> Roanoke, VA  24018
> 540.345.1410
> gis.edsi.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Northcott
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 6:48 AM
> To: MapGuide Users Mail List
> Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Hyperlink in Selection panel
>
> If you populate the data as a link the properties panel won't render the
> data as a hyperlink. Just text.
>
> The recommendation to modify the template files and code behind JavaScript
> is the best option. Just make sure to create backups of any files you
> change!
>
>
> - sent via mobile iOS5
>
> On 2012-06-27, at 9:10 PM, Martin Morrison <martin.morrison at edsi.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Why not just prepopulate the data with valid HTML?
> >
> > Martin'
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> > [mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of GIS4U
> > [johnniegis at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 5:09 PM
> > To: MapGuide Users Mail List
> > Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Hyperlink in Selection panel
> >
> > We modified the propertyctrl.templ (on a site by site basis) to look for
> a specific property name (ie 'Township') and if it finds it, set the value
> of a variable to something like:
> >
> > var testStr =
> > 'http://www.myserver.com/townshipplans/files/TOWNSHIP-LINK/' +
> > (+properties[i].value) + '.pdf';
> >
> > and then fill the value in the table to that variable wrapped in an
> anchor tag.
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> > Jonathon
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 10:09 AM, elliott17 <elliottd at ae.ca<mailto:
> elliottd at ae.ca>> wrote:
> > I realize this topic has been discussed before but I cannot find a
> solution.
> >
> > Is there a way of adding a hyperlink to the selection panel.  I want
> > to be able to call a report page (asp or pdf or a generic web page). I
> > can get a report page to open using the URL feature for a layer when
> > the object is hovered over.
> >
> > MGOS 2.2 running a fusion layout IIS 7 on Server 2008
> >
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