Live urls in multiline (notes-style) text fields. Is it possible?

[Greenman]

(This is the closest sub-forum I could find to match my query. I'm asking here, because I'm talking about standard FMPro 11 -- not using it via the web interface.)

I'd like to be able to paste number of lines of text into a notes field and then be able to click on urls randomly interspersed within the field and have the links go somewhere live. Is there a key command combination or a plugin that will allow me to do this?

So far, the only way I've been able to find for making FMPro link to the web is by creating a button with that function.

[comment]

I don't want to say it's not possible, because it is - but it's certainly not simple. Roughly, you'd need a script triggered by entering the field. The script would grab the text before and after the cursor, and if it's a link, open the URL.

Then comes the question what is a "link" (text in a field is just text), and where does it start and end.

Couldn't you use a web viewer for this? This way you could use proper HTML to mark up the links.

[Vaughan]

I'd like to be able to paste number of lines of text into a notes field

You're working with a database, not a text editor. There is no need to think this way.

Create a related table to hold the urls and paste them into there. Unlimited rows. Then create a script to open the url, put the script on a button, and the button in the portal row.