Linking to an external URL

You can create a link to an external website from an application using a hyperlink control.

Procedure

  1. Open the application in the Application Designer.
  2. Select either a section control or a table control and drag a hyperlink control to it from the Control Palette.
  3. Specify a value in the Label field.
    This value becomes the text link that a user clicks to go to the URL.
  4. Specify a valid URL for the destination site.
  5. Optional: Specify values in the Image Filename and Image Alignment fields if you want to associate an image with the hyperlink.
  6. Optional: Specify a value in the CSS Class Name field if you want to change the appearance of the hyperlink.

Results

When a user clicks the link within the application, the destination website opens in a new browser window.