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How can I add a link to an external url to an entity form?

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Posted on by gingerclaire

I have a custom entity in my CRM instance and we need to check information using an external url.

I would like to add a button or hyperlink within the form itself so that users can simply click and continue their checks.

The external hyperlink could be embedded within the form itself or open in a separate window - I don't mind.

I have tried navigation links - but I get an error messages saying firefox cant open it because it is an external link embedded in a different site.

I have tried an iframe - same.

Surely there must be an easy way to add a simple button with a hyperlink to an external URL?

I don't have any knowledge of js etc so please help

Claire

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Hello Claire,

Can you please provide a screenshot of your IFrame configuration?

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It is literally just a hyperlink - it works but i get the error saying firefox cant open it because it is embedded - click here to open in a new browser. And when you click that it works - but that is very clunky.

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Claire,

There are some settings in the IFrame component that may cause the issue you experienced. So, please, provide a screenshot of the IFrame component.

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Try to uncheck the "Restricts Cross-Browser Scripting" checkbox.

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gingerclaire 30 on at

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Are there any risks to doing unchecking that button? i.e. security risks etc?

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It will open a web page with a form on it which is external, so not fully trusted. So we would prefer it to open in a separate window I think rather than turn off cross frame scripting. Or is there even a way to have a field show the clickable URL (as it wont change)?

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