Is there a way to open “First Attached” file automatically in web when document is opened. Something like “Launch First Attachment” option in Form properties. It does not work on Web.
I would like to issue a url like
http://www.abctest.com/content/marketing?opendocument
In this case marketing document has a PDF file that I would like to automatically open.
Any ideas.
Subject: Automatically Launching Attachment in Web.
Good question.
First thought I had was that this wouldn’t be possible. Secondly, after talking to a friend (Anil Vartak), this might be possible anyway. You might be able to parse the htmlpage in a body onload script, and then figure out if there is a attachment attached to the document. The way to do this, would be to check the links collection in Javascript.
The link collection is described here:
http://mozilla.org/docs/dom/domref/dom_doc_ref25.html#1025098
and here:
http://devedge.netscape.com/library/manuals/2000/javascript/1.3/reference/document.html#1193918
So what does this mean?
Well, this link collection returns a collection of every href on your page. Meaning again - you can search through the array of these, to find typically href’s with “$files” in the strings, which in Notes/Domino is attachments within the document. So, when you find the first “$files” link - do a window.open on this url, and stop parsing the link collection array. Voila ! - You have opened the first attachment in the document!
Haven’t tried it, but it sure should work.
If you solve it - please share the Javascript!
Have a nice day,
Rune Carlsen
Founder Dominozone
Subject: RE: Automatically Launching Attachment in Web.
Thanks for a great idea. I was able to accomplish it by adding a simple line to onLoad even of my page/form. I only had one attached file and no other links so did not have to read in to an array or do parsing.
var xlink=document.links[0];
this.location=xlink;
Regards
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