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Web Client / Connector link to webpage

asked on June 28, 2022

Is there a way to do one of these things in the Web Client?

  • Create a link (not custom tab) to an external page (not an embedded page like a tab) and have that link use the entry ID of the document then open in a new tab.
  • Create a custom button that opens a URL in another tab like the item above.
  • Use Connector to pull information from the browser URL instead the advanced details area to get the Entry ID. 

 

Why do I need this?  We have a tool for our customers to use for signing documents in the Laserfiche Repository (in person with a sig pad or remotely).  When using the Windows Client, we are able to programmatically place a button in the Windows Client so that our customers can click a button to open that Laserfiche Document directly in our browser tool.  I would like to see if there is a way to add a button, link, or connector button to give the same level of functionality to our Web Client customers.  

 

You may ask, why not just create a custom tab?  When our webpage loads there are a few pages that run, like checking for a sigpad and authentication, that causes the tab to leave the Web Client and open on its own.  Then when you go back to the Web Client and open a document, since the custom tab is still open by default, it leaves the document immediately and opens our page directly.  I just want to see if there is a way to open a URL in a new tab that has the Laserfiche Entry ID of the document in it without going to our developers.   

 

Also, I know I could just create a blank URL that only has a link to our tool and embed that so it opens in a new tab, but I would rather have something a little more elegant. 

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replied on June 28, 2022

You can absolutely pull URL data out with Connector. We actually do that on a lot of our Connector profiles so we don't have to worry about remote-debugging or anything (this is especially important since we use IE Mode and you can't use remote-debugging with IE Mode).

What I do is create the profile with no Tokens set (i.e., configure the web app and URL, then delete any tokens it adds so you have none,

 

Then, you can use the Window URL token and regular expressions in the Token Editor to extract your identifier.

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replied on June 29, 2022

Jason, thank you!  I didn't think to look at Window Tokens... DUH!  That worked like a champ for Connector.  Now to see if there is a way to create a custom link in the Web Client directly. 

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