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Direct URL Links and Shortened URLs

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1) Is there a way to create a direct link to a document?  I found that changing "show" to "open" in this URL generated from "Create or Get Shortcut" context menu works, but is there an option to do this without manually editing the URL every time?

From [m-files://show/F21C8443-EEB3-442F-AA15-1000000000/0-20513?object=00000000]
to [m-files://open/F21C8443-EEB3-442F-AA15-1000000000/0-20513?object=00000000]

2) I assume that there is not a shortened version of this URL built into M-Files and that a UI Extensibility would be required to add a context-menu item that shortened the URL.  Am I correct in that assumption?

Many thanx!
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  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Thank you for the informative reply!

    Knowing the format should make it easy to write a new UI menu item. Do you know the list of {verb}s that can be used?

    As for the shortened URL, I'd rather not use an internet service for many of the reasons you mentioned as well as the fact that many of my client PCs will not have full internet access.

    Our ERP system allows linking files (specifically drawing files in this case) to various objects (work orders, parts), but has a dB and software limitation on the length of the link (100 chars I believe). A shortened URL is a necessity for us if we're going to use M-Files for all our documents, so it looks like I'll have to program my own internal web service to accomplish this task.

    Thanx again for the info.
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  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Thank you for the informative reply!

    Knowing the format should make it easy to write a new UI menu item. Do you know the list of {verb}s that can be used?

    As for the shortened URL, I'd rather not use an internet service for many of the reasons you mentioned as well as the fact that many of my client PCs will not have full internet access.

    Our ERP system allows linking files (specifically drawing files in this case) to various objects (work orders, parts), but has a dB and software limitation on the length of the link (100 chars I believe). A shortened URL is a necessity for us if we're going to use M-Files for all our documents, so it looks like I'll have to program my own internal web service to accomplish this task.

    Thanx again for the info.
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