Adding a web link referencing a SugarCRM field

[cweston]

I want to add a custom field to my account record that holds a clickable web address, like the 'Website' field. However, I want to pass a value from the account record.

For example, I have a custom field called 'ERP Reference' which for the sake of argument holds '01234' for customer 'FooBar Industries'. When I view that account reference I want to be able to open an intranet page, ie 'http://intranetserver/customer.php?ref=01234'

But of course, I want this to be an automatic process, I want the link to automatically have the value from 'ERP reference' inserted. Is a field the right way to achieve this, or can I add a button somewhere?

Thanks very much, this will be excellent if I can get it to work!

[stevec]

This should be fairly easy.

Add that custom field to the accounts detail view as you would normally with the studio. This is altering the file: module/Accounts/DetailView.html.

Now edit that file by hand and you'll see how this custom filed has been inserted. You'll also see (provided you haven;t removed it previously) how the website field is hyperlinked. Now just hack the code around your custom field in a similar manner to generate the new hyperlink using the custom value.

[cweston]

Blimey, as easy as that. Works a treat. I can see this being a very handy bit of kit.

Cheers