How do I add hyperlinks to ChemFinder?

How do I add hyperlinks to ChemFinder?

This can be done via the "Table Script" feature to show hyperlinks in subforms.

You need to create a table with a column of text entries for the links, and another column of ID's to link to the main records, and display the links in a subform. Then in the subform properties you specify a "table script," a CAL script. The items in the subform then show up in link style (blue underlined), and when you click one, it executes the script.

Detailed Recipe:

1. In your ChemFinder form, create a subform.
2. Set the datasource for the subform to a new table by clicking Create Table... in the Table tab of the Subform Properties dialog.
3. Call the new table whatever you like, say URLs.
4. Now create a new text field in this table called URL (in the Field tab of the Subform Properties dialog).
5. In the Subform tab of the Subform Properties dialog, set up the link between the main table and the subtable.
6. Also on the Subform tab, press the Edit... button next to the Table script field.
7. In the script editor dialog that comes up, choose the CAL radiobutton, and enter this script:
   getdata 1 URL
   launch $v1
8. Click OK to go back to the Subform Properties dialog.
9. In the Form tab of the Subform Properties dialog, check Generate Form, and then OK.
10. Add the necessary records to the subtable; you may want to remove the box for the linking field afterwards to it won't be visible.
11. Click in the subform, to make sure it is the active form, and then set the view for the subform to be Data Table view.
12. Now you should see that the URL you typed is a hyperlink. When you click on it, it will open up the default web browser to that page.