Designer 10.7 | Centrasite Eclipse UI Help | Tasks | Working with Associations and External Links | Creating External Links for Objects | Creating External Links Using the External Links Tab
 
Creating External Links Using the External Links Tab
Using the Add External Link option on the External Links in the CentraSite Details editor, you can create an external link for a selected registry object:
*You can attach a document from your organization's supporting document library. The supporting document library is a collection of shareable documents that members of your organization have uploaded to CentraSite's document repository. For more information about the supporting document library, see Working with Supporting Documents and Resources.
*You can attach any document on the network that is accessible via a URL (permitted protocols are http, https, file and ftp).
*To create an external link using a URL
1. Depending on the Changing Preference Settings you have defined for the CentraSite Details editor, single-click or double-click the registry object for which you want to create an external link in a CentraSite view to open the editor. The object's external links are displayed on the External Links tab.
2. On the External Links tab, click in the toolbar, or select Add External Link from a link's context menu.
The Add External Link dialog is displayed.
3. Enable the Point to URL option and type the document's URL (for example, http://myserver:53305/CentraSite/ino:dav/documents/icons/dbms.gif) into the adjacent text box. (Supported protocols are http, https, file and ftp.)
4. Click Finish to create the external link.
5. Save the changed definition, for example, by selecting File > Save from the main menu or by typing Ctrl+S.
6. Repeat steps 2 to 5 for each document that you want to attach.
*To create an external link from the Supporting Document Library (SDL)
1. Depending on the Changing Preference Settings you have defined for the CentraSite Details editor, single-click or double-click the registry object for which you want to create an external link in a CentraSite view to open the editor. The object's external links are displayed on the External Links tab.
2. On the External Links tab, click in the toolbar, or select Add External Link from a link's context menu.
The Add External Link dialog is displayed.
3. Enable the Add a document from the Supporting Document Library option.
4. In the SupportingDocumentsLibrary list, select the document.
5. Click Finish to create the external link.
6. Save the changed definition, for example, by selecting File > Save from the main menu or by typing Ctrl+S.
7. Repeat steps 2 to 5 for each document that you want to attach.