Submitted by Armando on 2009/09/13 23:39
Is it possible to have a link to an Outlook item without any hyperlink ? It's possible for external files...
 
The reason I want this, is that I'm trying to find a way to use both IQ and Outlook harmoniously.
Since contacts are not syncable at the moment, I'm trying to just link Outlooks' contacts to IQ's When I need them.
Unfortunately, sorting is impossible with all the "<a href=Outlook:00000000BDDD5AA90433A2460ED7C2F071F1033464457900> " codes put inside the fields when I use the Hyperlink dialog (which is different than the "File Link..." dialog).
 
Would it be possible to just drag/drop outlook items to the grid and use the "File Link" dialog instead of the Hyperlink one?
Any ideas, Pierre ?
 
 
[PS : another possibility would be to insert my links in another field which I won't use for sorting... This is not ideal of course... but will do if other mentioned solutions are not really feasible/practical/worth the trouble at the moment.]

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>> another possibility would be to insert my links in another field which I won't use for sorting...
 
Such as the URL field.
 
You are right however, that an enhanced drag-drop would be nice..
 

Armando

2009/09/14 01:26

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>> another possibility would be to insert my links in another field which I won't use for sorting...
 
That's what I did between 12:30 and 1am... Didn't use the URL field though, but one of my icon fields. The result is quite nice. Involved a bit of coding here and there, but I like it. :)
 
When a link is "inserted" in my "icontype" field (an icon field which indicates the type of item through automatic  icon assignation), another icon (a link icon) appears in the "iconstatus" field -- my script also puts that link icon there whenever there's a link to a file (I use the "fileref" and "filename" fields for that...Nice because that way I always immediately know if an item has some "invisible" link to it.
 
here's the simple (not perfect??.. maybe is there one useless parameter... wrote it quickly)
 
Function checkFileRef(icon_Type, fileName, FileRef)

  if ((instr(icon_Type,"<a ")>0 and instr(icon_Type,"</a>")>0) or filename <> "") and fileRef = 0 then
    checkFileRef=-1
  elseif (instr(icon_Type,"<a ")<=0 and instr(icon_Type,"</a>")<=0) and filename = "" then
    checkFileRef=0
  else checkFileRef=FileRef
  end if
 
End Function
 
and in fileRef I've got :
 
(auto-assignment)
 
A:Icon_Statut=AddKeyword(Icon_Statut, "<img>link_go</img>") | E:Icon_Statut=RemoveKeyword(Icon_Statut, "<img>link_go</img>")
 
(equation)
 
checkFileRef(icon_Type, filename, FileRef)
 
 
Here's how a contact with a link looks like (if you click on the "head" it goes to the outlook contact)
 
 
(This contact actually also has a html note attached to it and that's why there,s the little document icon on top of the link icon...)
 
 
 
>>You are right however, that an enhanced drag-drop would be nice..
 
Yes...