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Topic Title: URL to DOORS object as hyperlink Topic Summary: Created On: 3-Oct-2007 07:57 Status: Post and Reply |
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Hello,
Is there a way to create hyperlinks to DOORS objects within DOORS and export them to say, Word? What I'm trying to accomplish is to create a DOORS module with the requirement ID of an object and a hyperlink which would be the URL of that object. Then I would directly export it to Word and all I have to do within Word is to click on the hyperlink to access the object in DOORS. Is this possible? Rgds, uma.unnikrishnan@siemens.com |
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Uma,
Without testing this myself, I am sure it's possible, though it may be a little more complicated than you like. I think you could export the URL and the DOORS ID, and then write a word macro to convert each DOORS ID to a hyperlink containing the said URL. So you export something like ID-123 doors://36677@dblinktoID The system shall blah blah blah and have the macro convert any paragraph starting with ID- to make the ID- string be a hyperlink. Read up on some VBA in Word. I don't think this would be too hard if you understand some of the basics on Word VBA. ------------------------- Kevin Murphy http://www.baselinesinc.com The Requirements Management Experts |
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An answer to the first part of your problem: insert a Layout DXL column into view with the code
display getURL(obj) This column (and code) will display the URL for the object and when you run an export the URL will be exported also to Word. Depending on your installation and settings the result might be a hyperlink or not (probably not), so to get it to be a real hyperlink which you can activate in DOORS you might to have to record or write a macro as Kevin suggested. ------------------------- Pekka.Makinen@softqa.fi SoftQA Oy -http://www.softqa.fi/ |
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I have this working in Excel, will check my code tomorrow. I know I used getURL(obj) then had some DXL that would create the hyperlink in VBA. I want to do the same thing anyhow so might as well work it out and paste here. My only thought with this is that if you intend to send that document to a customer it won't work for them, so perhaps format the hyperlink to look like 'normal' text, ie black colour and no underline.
------------------------- Andrew Tagg Thales Air Systems, Melbourne Australia. andrew.tagg@thalesatm.com |
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quote: Well I guess as suggested by Kevin a macro will only do the job..if you do come up with something let me know..would make my job easier or i would have to take up some crash course on VBA ![]() |
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While I was falling asleep last night, I had an idea. Isn't it weird how ideas just pop into your head?
Create a shortcut on your desktop to a URL. I did this by clicking the "location" field in Internet Explorer and dragging its contents to my desktop. I then inserted that shortcut into the Object Text of an object! This apparently would solve this problem. So the link is not inline, but you can display whatever text you want and have a "hyperlink". Double clicking the shortcut launches your browser, and does NOT launch an in-line editor! What do you guys think? Is this a good workaround? ------------------------- Kevin Murphy http://www.baselinesinc.com The Requirements Management Experts |
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Well, in my case I would want the DOORS object URLs to appear as hyperlinks..i don't think the workaround would be helpful.
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