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I need to show to the user a group of files attached to a document from a view without the user have to open the document and have to make a a click over every item and press "Launch...". Maybe somebody have a script to do that.
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
You can display the attachment names in the view, that;s trivial. The following button (action button in a view) will display the list of attachments as a picklist for the user to select from:
fileNameToLaunch := @Prompt([OKCancelList]; "Attachments"; "Select an attachment"; @AttachmentNames; @AttachmentNames);
@Prompt([OK]; "Your selection"; fileNameToLaunch)
The question is, how do you get the selected name to launch? There is no built-in mechanism. In other recent posts, I've sugegsted ways to detach files and launch via the OS, using script. The gotchas are name conflicts and cleaning up the files later ... Notes takes care of both of these in its launch mechanism, you would have to do the same without the luxury of "system level" services.
The other problem you have is that you seem to want to launch multiple files at once. I can tell you right now, that's usually a dumb idea. To much screen activity and I/O at once, user would have trouble dealing with it.
fileNameToLaunch := @Prompt([OKCancelList]; "Attachments"; "Select an attachment"; @AttachmentNames; @AttachmentNames);
@Prompt([OK]; "Your selection"; fileNameToLaunch)
The question is, how do you get the selected name to launch? There is no built-in mechanism. In other recent posts, I've sugegsted ways to detach files and launch via the OS, using script. The gotchas are name conflicts and cleaning up the files later ... Notes takes care of both of these in its launch mechanism, you would have to do the same without the luxury of "system level" services.
The other problem you have is that you seem to want to launch multiple files at once. I can tell you right now, that's usually a dumb idea. To much screen activity and I/O at once, user would have trouble dealing with it.
I have a soln that work for single attachment.. I can change it to work with multiple.. But not sure if I want to give out the code just for 125...
~Hemanth
~Hemanth
Hemantha, I've never know you to be a points hound!
Yes.. I am not hungry for points. But want to break the mentality that EE is cheap and can get away with it easily...It is like grading B and C even we dedicate time and effort for them...
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I increase the points. 250 is ok???
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