Submitted by WayneK on 2019/06/22 22:55
Can someone confirm that there's no way to create a hyperlink to an item in another database?  I re-read the user manual and couldn't find anything.
 
Right now, I'm looking at linking to the other database, then using a second link there to take me to the target item.
 
Wayne

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Hi Wayne,
 
I can confirm that you can link to an item in another IQBase, using universal links (available since v108)
  1. Select an item and do Edit > Copy > Copy Item URI. It will put something like this into the clipboard:
    IQ://C:\Users\User1\Documents\SomeIQBase.sndb/items/20516
  2. In another IQBase, create a hyperlink and paste the clipboard content into the link target
Details here: Hyperlinks
 
HTH !
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer
 

Just tried this for the first time and have been unable to get it to work.  When I click the link, nothing happens.  When I test the link in my browser, it returns "search...did not match any documents."
 
Heres the URL: IQ://D:\__Primary\_A%20Files\Climate%20Change.SNDB/items/32542
 
The above info is correct for the file, but it can't find it for some reason
 
Tried other links and other files with same negative result.
 
Wayne
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WayneK

2019/07/22 10:03

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Pierre,
 
Thanks, that did it. Didn't know there was a separate installation component required.
 
Wayne
 

Pierre_Admin

2019/07/22 10:20

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It's the same for pdf and outlook URI protocols (i.e. links). These aren't automatically registered
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer