Create a link on a notes client view: Lotus Notes

Create a link on a notes client view

Experts this may be simple but I cannot for the life of me figure this out. In a view in the notes client I want to have one of the columns be a link column, so that when a user clicks on one of those links it will open the form that corresponds to that entry. I've used this:
tmpValue := DocumentCode;
@Command([Compose];"Templates");
@UpdateFormulaContext;
@SetField("Templates";tmpValue)
in an action button on the view but that seems to be to much clicking for the users. They want to click on the "Template" and have it opened directly from the view....Will in view edit work? There has to be a way....

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There is sample code in the Help database. I think the last one looks a little like your problem (I hope you no longer have R6.x...):

Sub Inviewedit(Source As Notesuiview, Requesttype As Integer, Colprogname As Variant, Columnvalue As Variant, Continue As Variant)
  
%REM
This view has no real editable columns!
%END REM
  Continue= False
  
  REM Define constants for request types
  Const QUERY_REQUEST = 1
  Const VALIDATE_REQUEST = 2
  Const SAVE_REQUEST = 3
  Const NEWENTRY_REQUEST = 4
  
  REM Define variables
  Dim db As NotesDatabase
  Dim doc As NotesDocument
  Dim ws As New NotesUIWorkspace
  Dim caret As String
  
  REM Get the CaretNoteID - exit if it does not point at a document
  caret = Source.CaretNoteID
  If caret = "0" Then Exit Sub
  
  REM Get the current database and document
  Set db = Source.View.Parent
  Set doc = db.GetDocumentByID(caret)
  
  REM Select the request type
  Select Case Requesttype
    
  Case QUERY_REQUEST
  REM Reserved - do not use for Release 6.0
   Call YouShouldOpenTheDocumentOrFormHere     ' <--------
    
  Case VALIDATE_REQUEST
    
  Case SAVE_REQUEST
    
  Case NEWENTRY_REQUEST
    
  End Select
End Sub

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