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Hyperlink Maestro

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Update:  Hyperling Maestro has been updated for Vault 2014 by a third-party and posted on the Vault app store.

Link Maestro had too much coffee.  Now he's all hyper.
Sorry, the jokes aren't going to get much better than that.  This is a corporate blog about API programming on a data management product.  I don't have much to work with here.

Anyway, I've updated Link Maestro to work with Vault 2012.  The "Copy Link" command in Vault 2011 has been renamed to "Copy Hyperlink" in Vault 2012, so my app is now called Hyperlink Maestro.

This version contains all the cool features from version 1 (web client hyperlinks, multisite hyperlinks, etc).  Plus, I added a new feature:  HTML formatted hyperlinks.

If you paste into something that support HTML formatting, such as Microsoft Outlook or Word, it will show up much nicer.  Here are some examples of how the HTML formatted hyperlinks look better than the text formatted hyperlinks.

HTML formatted hyperlink:
HyperlinkMaestro-2.0.1.0.zip

Text formatted hyperlink:
http://ny_server:80/AutodeskDM/webclient/FilePreviewPage.aspx?iterationId=2098139

HTML formatted multi-site hyperlink:
HyperlinkMaestro-2.0.1.0.zip (ny_server – de_server – jpn_server)

Text formatted multi-site hyperlink:
ny_server – http:// ny_server:80/AutodeskDM/webclient/FilePreviewPage.aspx?iterationId=2098139
de_server – http:// de_server:80/AutodeskDM/webclient/FilePreviewPage.aspx?iterationId=2098139
jpn_server – http:// jpn_server:80/AutodeskDM/webclient/FilePreviewPage.aspx?iterationId=2098139

Requirements:
Vault Workgroup / Collaboration / Professional 2012

Click here to download the application
Click here to download the source code

As with all the samples on this site, the legal disclaimer applies.

Comments

6 responses to “Hyperlink Maestro”

  1. Scott Moyse Avatar
    Scott Moyse

    Nice work Doug, cheers, will be using this starting from tomorrow!

    Reply
  2. Jay Moolman Avatar
    Jay Moolman

    Hi Dough,
    Is it possible to display the hyperlink as a property for use in BOM export to csv file, thus having access to the DWFS vie the web based browser.
    Jay Moolman

    Reply
  3. Doug Redmond Avatar
    Doug Redmond

    No you can’t modify the export function. However, if you are a programmer, you can write a tool that edits the .csv file once it’s written.

    Reply
  4. MaxU77 Avatar
    MaxU77

    Can’t find info about format of links to ojects (ex.Items) in webclient.
    Let say we do know name of server, name of vault and Item Number. is it enough to generate direct url?
    I see the way to gnerate search based url
    http://SERVER_NAME/AutodeskDM/webclient/AdvancedSearchForm.aspx?SearchType=items&SearchText=ITEM_NUMBER
    but to use it user should choose the particular vault manually.
    Is there any better name?

    Reply
  5. Chris Avatar
    Chris

    Doug,
    Is there a version of this that works with 2013? Specifically we are looking for a way to link a watermarked ITEM to our ERP Inventory system. We want anyone searching a part number to see the Item in Vault in whatever it’s current lifecycle state is.

    Reply
  6. Doug Redmond Avatar
    Doug Redmond

    A. No I don’t have a 2013 version.
    B. Links are not suitable for long-term storage. Have a look at my article on persistent IDs. http://justonesandzeros.typepad.com/blog/2013/08/persistent-ids.html

    Reply

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