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Posted on by Praveen A 22

Hi All,

On a list page, I have an action which downloads the corresponding xml file. Now, the requirement is that I need to create one more action which will display the contents of the xml file in the web browser itself..How this can be achieved, please suggest !

Thanks !!

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    JAngle Profile Picture
    JAngle 150 on at

    Maybe this is an idea if I’ve understood the request and the suggested blog correctly: www.kauffmann.nl/.../

  • Praveen A Profile Picture
    Praveen A 22 on at

    No, this is not relevant to my concern..

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    Guillem Padilla Profile Picture
    Guillem Padilla 427 on at

    Hi Praveen,

    Are you using BC Cloud, or OnPrem?

    You could try using HyperLink Method: docs.microsoft.com/.../system-hyperlink-method

  • Praveen A Profile Picture
    Praveen A 22 on at

    On Prem

  • Praveen A Profile Picture
    Praveen A 22 on at

    On Prem

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    Guillem Padilla Profile Picture
    Guillem Padilla 427 on at

    Then the easiest way is using the HyperLink Method and pass the file path to it (in case you save the file on the computer).

    Example:

    FilePath := 'Path where the file is saved';

HyperLink(FilePath); //It will open a new window showing the file content

Url := 'Online path from where you download the file';
HyperLink(Url); //It also works with URLs.

    You can check the ShowMap standard on CustomerCard.

    It opens a new window to show the customer address on bing maps.

    .

  • Praveen A Profile Picture
    Praveen A 22 on at

    Type of FilePath variable ??

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    Guillem Padilla Profile Picture
    Guillem Padilla 427 on at

    Sorry, it needs to be a String, so you can declare a Text variable.

    Here are the docs: docs.microsoft.com/.../system-hyperlink-method

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    Praveen A 22 on at

    Not working...Can we connect over some other platform so that we ll have a screen share

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    Guillem Padilla Profile Picture
    Guillem Padilla 427 on at

    If you read the docs you will see that the file needs to be on a network file share.

    When using the file:// protocol to open a file, the file should be stored on a network file share, not locally; otherwise the file will not open. Browsers block hyperlinks to files from a web page for security reasons and the hyperlink must be manually copied and pasted into a manually opened tab page.

    Example filepath: file://d$/myfiles/myfile.txt

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