Creating a URL to search on Google

[MattPage]

Hi all,

I have a simple company database and want a button which when clicked will search in Google for the company name.

I guess the URL will be http://www.google.com/search?&q=company name , but I can not work out how to join the field name onto the end of the URL using OpenURL in the scriptmaker.

I don't want to create another field to do this, surely it is simple to do ?

Any help is much appreciated.

Matt

[MattPage]

I also want a button to search the postcode on StreetMap.co.uk

[Lee Smith]

Hi Matt,

If I'm understanding you correctly, then you will need to create a field unless you want the same search each time. Which I doubt.

What I would do is to make a field that calculates out the desired URL path.

Two Fields

1). Use an existing field such as Company Name, or create a global field where the company name is entered prior to activating the script.

2). I'd call it something like c_URL_Google

c_URL_Google (calculation, Text Result) =

"http://www.google.com/search?&q="& Company Name

The script would or could be just one step.

Open URL [Field:

[MattPage]

Thanks Lee, thats what I thought I would have to do. Shame it can't be done without adding fields to the DB.

[Ender]

If you are worried about overhead, you could use a global text field instead and use a script to set the contents of the global everytime someone hits the button.