Being able to create a button to launch a URL with arguments from parameters would be awesome!
Add "URL-Get" to Type dropdown
Action field would contain BASE URL (www.google.com)
For each row, the Name would be the name of the parameter (q)
...The 'Default Value' would be the value passed to the parameter.
User clicks custom button in a form
Viewpoint CREATES URL by
Starting with the BASE URL in the action field
Optionally appending a / if not present at end of action field.
appending a ?
appending the Name data
appending a =
appending the DefaultValue data
If more rows exist, then append & and repeat last three steps for each row
(Example: www.google.com/?q=something)
Viewpoint CREATES windows command by
Starting with the word start
appending a space
appending the URL created above
Viewpoint the RUNS the command. This will open a browser window at the URL.
Bonus points if Viewpoint can ESCAPE the 'DefaultValue' into a URL compatible string (I'm pretty sure .Net has a function for that).
This feels weird using Autoit to do something so basic in 2020.
Viewpoint, any chance of expanding your custom form buttons to do the above?
Nathan Sutherland
| Company | Cutting Edge Plumbing |
| Job Title / Role | Developer |
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Passing base url via the Parameters doesn't work based on limit of 30 characters for a fixed value.
Alright, for anyone who wants to make a small AutoIt v3 script, use this code, compile, then create a custom button in Viewpoint that runs an application, and select the compiled EXE.
Next, set the PARAMETERS in viewpoint so that the FIRST parameter is the BASE URL (no parameter name). Then the following parameters should have the NAME and VALUE bits. See attachment for example.
Here's my AutoIt code:
#include <Array.au3>; Arguments should be like; [1] BASE_URL; [2] firstParameter=firstValue; [3] nextParam=nextVal; OUTPUT will be BASEURL?firstParameter=firstValue&nextParam=nextVal; No arguments?If $CmdLine[0] = 0 ThenMsgBox(64, "Result", "No parameter was entered!")ExitEndIfLocal $sFullURL = $CmdLine[1]; What do they look like?; _ArrayDisplay($CmdLine); Create full URLFor $i = 2 To $CmdLine[0] Step 1; append a ? or & symbolIf $i = 2 Then$sFullURL = $sFullURL & "?"Else$sFullURL = $sFullURL & "&"EndIf; Append the name and value of the argument$sFullURL = $sFullURL & $CmdLine[$i]Next; Display result if you'd like to debug.; MsgBox(64, "Result", $sFullURL); Open BrowserShellExecute($sFullURL)See attachment for sample PARAMETERS tab setup.