Hitting F1 key..

New_Born

My client want to open a .pdf(customised) file when I hit F1 key...and the file can't be stored locally it has to be on the server.

Or even if I can do that hitting a button on any form..

any help..appreciated

reijermolenaar

Hi,

HYPERLINK('c:\yourdocument.pdf');

Belias

1. don't use reserved shortucts (like F1) for customized functions
2. what's your nav version?do you use RTC or classic client?
3. where does the pdf come from?a report to be generated, an existing file...
4. probably, reijermolenaar will work for you, but be sure to set the path of the file to a shared folder on the server

New_Born

Using Version 6.0 & Classic Client..

Thanks for the inputs, I will try all and revert back..

New_Born

reijermolenaar wrote:

Hi,

HYPERLINK('c:\yourdocument.pdf');

This Hyperlink thing is working great on Local System, but because I have to put this file on server I am not able to figure out how to do that..

Belias

i can't understand the problem: just point the hyperlink to a folder on the server (instead of C:\...) and you're done...

New_Born

Belias wrote:

i can't understand the problem: just point the hyperlink to a folder on the server (instead of C:\...) and you're done...

We use citrix which creates a virtual drive on our local computer to save files,reports from the server, so there is no address basicaly...

matttrax

There's always an address somewhere

\\servername\drive$\path\filename

Can't do that?

New_Born

matttrax wrote:

There's always an address somewhere

\\servername\drive$\path\filename

Can't do that?

Finally got it working..
Actually we had more than one servers and I took the wrong one..

One Question remains..
Can I do it by pressing the F1 key...my help file is a pdf do I need to convert it to .chm

Suggest please..

jannestig

Look on customer/partner source theres a toolkit for building your own help files and itegrating it into the standard

have a look here

viewtopic.php?f=23&t=40194&hilit=help+toolkit