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Last Post 08/23/2006 12:13 AM by Peter Donker

Change default Description link action

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Rob Ralston

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08/22/2006 6:59 PM
Hi Peter, You've given us the ability to customize the appearance of the file list, which I am just starting to explore and use. This is great. I've gotten a lot of information from the forum, but have a question not addressed yet. My client has decided they want to remove the download disk icon column and simply rely on the Description link to open/download a file. The default action by that link opens a PDF document in a new browser window, which is great, but for office documents, like Word, it opens a new browser, then a dialogue to open/save. This is OK except the new, empty browser window is left orphaned. From previous discussions, I believe that is out of your control. Within the allowed customizations, am I able to change the behavior of the Description link so it works like the Download Icon link? This would eliminate orphaned browser windows. Thank you, Rob Ralston

Peter Donker

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Posts:4536

08/22/2006 7:57 PM
Rob, I've thought about this again and I've re-examined the code. Alas, it is not possible to change the behavior of the description link as you wish. The consequence would be that you collections and hyperlinks would also be 'downloaded'. Not really useful. My goal is to revise the way the lists are made for the next major upgrade, so I hope you can live with this for the time being. About the browser window: it is related to the above. Mind you: whenever I get it right for one browser, I find it fails in another. It seems near impossible to get predictable behavior on all browsers, the more given the fact that users can often tune the browsers themselves. Peter

Rob Ralston

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08/22/2006 8:04 PM
Is there a particular setting in IE that causes this? Thanks, Rob

Peter Donker

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08/23/2006 12:13 AM
Well, I believe that in any browser you can tell it what to do when it receives a particular mime type (like an Excel file or a pdf for instance). In Firefox you can specify whether to download content or view it in the browser, for instance.

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Bring2mind is the company of Peter Donker, a DotNetNuke enthusiast who has been involved with the platform from the very beginning. At the same time as the market for modules emerged, he realized there was no good document management solution for the platform yet and he set about creating this. In part he based the module on his experience with other document management systems he used while working as a researcher. His module, Document Exchange, was an instant success and has since become the premier document management solution for DotNetNuke. In 2004 he created Bring2mind as a vehicle for the module and is one of the few successful businesses solely based on a DotNetNuke product.

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