Displaying a hyperlink column in a K2 SmartForms ListView

K2 has a hyperlink data type that can be used in both K2 SmartObjects as well as K2 SmartForm Views. This can be useful when you want to display a dynamic hyperlink.

For this example we will have a column in a K2 SmartForms ListView that displays a hyperlink to navigate to the K2 blackpearl’s ViewFlow of the specific activity’s K2 Workflow.

1 – K2 SmartForms ListView Hyperlinks – SmartObject Designer

First, we add a new property to our K2 SmartObject with type Hyperlink.

K2 SmartForms ListView Hyperlinks – ServiceObject Method Bindings – 2

This property of type Hyperlink will be bound to one of the fields returned from our datasource.

K2 SmartForms ListView Hyperlinks – SQL hyperlink format – 3

It is important that the value returned from SQL, to be used as the hyperlink, is returned in a specific format.

This format is the basic Xml for a standard hyperlink control: <hyperlink><link>http://some.url.com</link><display>Click Here</display></hyperlink>

K2 SmartForms ListView Hyperlinks – K2 SmartForms ListView Layout – 4

We now go to our K2 SmartForms ListView and bind the column to our hyperlink SmartObject field.

K2 SmartForms ListView Hyperlinks – ListMethod Output Bindings – 5

On our List method we assign the output bindings accordingly (not physically necessary, if your SmartObject is mapped correctly K2 will automatically bind the method’s return values).

K2 SmartForms ListView Hyperlinks – Runtime K2 SmartForms ListView – 6

The final result – a K2 SmartForms ListView with a column specifically for dynamic hyperlinks.

More about K2 SmartForms

For more information about K2 SmartForms, or how to make any SmartForm project successful, please visit our SmartForm page on velocity-it.com.

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