Assign an On-Click action to a URL

[gwilburn]

I have a grid that displays a tracking number in one column. I would like to be able to add a button column or click on the actual tracking number column to open the carriers tracking site (passing in the tracking number)...

I can't seem to find any documentation or videos on "URL" portion of the On Click utility.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

TIA

[Johnny Major]

I would think you would want to use the URL utility widget. Here is information on how to access the utility widgets and here is a developer diaries session we use the URL widget.

[gwilburn]

Thanks... but something isn't working quite correctly.
I added the Utility Widget to my app. But I don't have the "App Variables" button?

I'm running version 5.2.20200611.0

[Johnny Major]

If you already have beta features enabled via Portal Admin then you need to update to the latest 5.2+. I can't remember when app variables on URL widget was added. Thanks

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[gwilburn]

OK. I've made that available and setup the variable for the URL

I'm trying to do a URL Popup from the grid where the the URL will contain
https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1={F1_TRK_NBR}

When the window opens it contains the :( icon. However, debug shows the correct URL with the tracking number. I can right click on it in debug and open it in a new window.

www.usps.com refused to connect.

Seems this is related to the URL itself

[gwilburn]

So why do some URL's work with the URL Widget while others do not?

[Johnny Major]

Lots of sites are setup to only be displayed in a frame on the same origin as the page itself so you can't run it within another site. For example USPS.

Some information on it