Making links to websites from database

[potz]

Does anyone know how to make a link to a URL on the web or to a pdf on the hard drive from a database? I desperately need help cuz I've tried everything... I'd appreciate it a lot!

[-Queue-]

If you want to use field data, use the Open URL script step, select Specify, and enter the field to be used. You can either make this a script or specify a button to use the single script step.

[potz]

Thanks a lot- I got it to link. One more question though- what if I want each record to link to a different page using the same field? Each record is for a certain chemical and the links will be to safety information for each one.

[potz]

I actually found a way to do it, which I believe to work- making the field a button, and then making a script to "link to URL" and specifying the url as the field that is the button. This way, whatever is written in the field will be the URL. Thanks for your help

[-Queue-]

Yes. Since you're using the field name and not static data, it will change for each record.

[mpascal]

Only problem with the Open URL script step is that in FM 7 it converts the URL to lower case. That screws up a lot of UrLs cause everything after a domain name is case sensitive.