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Topic Title: DOORS object URLs to appear as hyperlinks in OUTLOOK
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Created On: 29-Jul-2008 12:47
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 29-Jul-2008 12:47
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Murugaraj S

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I understan the DOORS email is "Plain Text". But I would want the DOORS object URLs to appear as hyperlinks in outlook. I am struggling and building a DXL code to display Object url as hyperlink. Did anyone tried already? Is there any easiest way to do that? Any help appreciated. Thanks!

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Murugaraj
Email: murugaraj.s@ge.com
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 29-Jul-2008 17:49
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Kevin Murphy

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Have you tried:

<a href=\"" strDOORSURL "\"> " identifier(obj) "</a>"

Also, you can create your own message in Outlook using DXL and OLE, instead of using the DOORS server to send email.

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 29-Jul-2008 18:33
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Justin Mulhearn

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Kevin, do yo know if there's a way to configure Outlook such that it automatically makes DOORS URLs into clickable links?
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 29-Jul-2008 19:07
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Kevin Murphy

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Justin,

It doesn't appear to be able to do that without customization.

It's very strange, you can type in some standards like this:

ftp://
http://
news://

and even

gopher://

GOPHER! And my outlook (2003) will convert it to a hyperlink. You would think that just seeing :// would do the trick, but that's not the case.

In my spare time I'll see if I can figure out a fix.

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 30-Jul-2008 05:17
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Murugaraj S

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Hi Kevin,
<a href ="doors://3.205.206.183:36677/?version=1,prodID=0,dbid=485b98e857774672,container=00000100,object=2"> 2</a>

I tried, But it didn't help me. Please find the the output of your code.

Thanks
Murugaraj S
murugaraj.s@ge.com
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 30-Jul-2008 14:20
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Kevin Murphy

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Murugaraj,

I need to know if you're sending HTML mail or not. I assume you're sending it through the server, and the server sends out plain text email.

I think if you can, you should connect to Outlook via OLE.

Since you are in GE too, you can send me the code outside of this forum and i'll be happy to take a look. You can find me in the address book under energy, non-ge.

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 30-Jul-2008 14:22
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Kevin Murphy

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Originally posted by: Justin Mulhearn

Kevin, do yo know if there's a way to configure Outlook such that it automatically makes DOORS URLs into clickable links?


Justin, I don't think this can be done automatically like Outlook does it, but I know it could be programmed and parsed if you are using Word as your editor.

The thing is I don't work in an environment that uses a consistant version of MS Office, so I don't have a suitable environment in which to test a solution. If you know any VB, here's a hint: Put your VBA code in "ThisOutlookSession" into the Item_Send event.

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 1-Aug-2008 11:05
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Reik Schroeder

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Hi Murugaraj,

may be the attached code may help you

Greetings
Reik

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 1-Aug-2008 12:22
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Murugaraj S

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I ran your code into my instance, But it didn't help me. Let me explain my problem here.
Here I attached my code:
If the option status has been changed, It should send email to the mentioned address ( Presently email id is hard coded here - Just for testing purpose ).

The Output:-

The following is a notification message from DOORS - please do not reply as it was sent from an unattended mailbox.

***************************************************

A new option was added to option list. Please login DOORS and create corresponding product description.
OBJECT ID: 2760
Short Description: MU jumper cable
OBJECT URL: doors://3.205.206.183:36677/?version=1,prodID=0,dbid=485b98e857774672,container=00000101,object=2760,view=00000034

The highlighted URL is the TEXT, Its not a Hyperlink. So now I manually need to copy this to IE and need to run this to view the module.
But I want this to be display as hyperlink in the Outlook itself. Can you help me.

I am expecting like this: doors://3.205.206.183:36677/?version=1,prodID=0,dbid=485b98e857774672,container=00000101,object=2760,view=00000034
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 4-Aug-2008 11:10
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Murugaraj S

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Last call. Can anyone help me?
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 4-Aug-2008 11:10
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Reik Schroeder

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Hi Murugaraj,

if I had read your question carefully - I should know, that my answer will not solve your problem.

You are using doors internal function:
sendEMailNotification
or
sendEMailMessage


These functions are not able to send anything else than plain text.
So there is no possebilty to insert url as hyperlink in this text.

Sorry,
Greetings
Reik

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 4-Aug-2008 11:13
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Murugaraj S

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Thanks a lot :-)

Regards,
Murugaraj S
GE Inida.
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