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Resolved HyperlinktoURL to retrieve a file and save locally.

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  1. Jeffrey Miller
    Jeffrey Miller
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  3. Tuesday, 7 July 2020 23:13 PM UTC

I am running PowerBuilder 2017 R3. I am writing a routine that retrieves a link to a file that the user selects by clicking on a row in a datawindow. It is supposed to open the file dialog and save the file where ever the user selects. The link works when I send it to someone in and email and they click on it. It doesn't work when I use GetContextService and HyperlinktoURL. I get an error that says "Can't reach this page."

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jeff

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Jeffrey Miller
Jeffrey Miller Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 8 July 2020 20:05 PM UTC
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  3. # 1

Chris,

I found that the URL being returned from GetResponseBody() had forward slashes in it wherever there was a backslash. Once I removed all the "\" characters, the dialog boxes for saving the file opened correctly. Is there a parameter that would return the URL without the "\" character?

Thanks,

Jeff

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Chris Pollach @Appeon
  1. Chris Pollach @Appeon
  2. Wednesday, 8 July 2020 20:48 PM UTC
No, not that I know of. However, the Pos() and Replace() commands could be your friend here. ;-)
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Jeffrey Miller
  1. Jeffrey Miller
  2. Wednesday, 8 July 2020 21:14 PM UTC
Yes, the string functions worked for me. Resolved. Thanks!
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Chris Pollach @Appeon
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  1. Wednesday, 8 July 2020 17:26 PM UTC
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Hi Jeffery;

  Thank you for the Test Case App but it errors out on with a RunTimeError exception as follows:

Regards ... Chris

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Jeffrey Miller
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  1. Wednesday, 8 July 2020 15:12 PM UTC
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Chris,

The pbl, pbt, and pbw are attached in the zip file. The main code is under the Rest button clicked event and dw_2 clicked event.

Thanks,

Jeff

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Miguel Leeuwe
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  1. Wednesday, 8 July 2020 11:16 AM UTC
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Don't know if this might be the problem, but make sure your hyperlink string includes a starting and ending double quote:

 

From our code:

string ls_url = "https://www.google.com"

// v5.3 added for chrome
ls_url = '"'+ls_url +'"'
lnet_base.HyperlinkToURL( ls_url )

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Chris Pollach @Appeon
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  1. Tuesday, 7 July 2020 23:46 PM UTC
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Hi Jeffery;

  Do you have a simple Test App that you can post that trys to perform this task so that we can check your code?

Regards ... Chris

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