Links to Web URLs

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You can link to an external resource which has a URL.

Add a link to a web URL

To link to a URL, then from the link panel:

  1. Go to “Web URLs“
  2. Enter your URL into “Web Address“
  3. Select whether you want the link to open in a new tab or not.
  4. Click “Save“

Valid URLS

When you add a URL into the Web Address field, it will check that it is a valid URL and display an error message if not.

Typically you will insert a link to a web address such as:

https://www.example.com

You must include the https:// at the start of the URL

Custom Applications

You may have a custom application which you need access to.

Your application needs to be accessible through a URL such as:

my-custom-application://
An example of how to set up links to custom applications

Open the Windows Registry Editor application

  1. In the [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT] registry, add a new key with the protocol name my-custom-application
  2. In the my-custom-application key, add a new ‘String value’ with name URL Protocol and no value (empty)
  3. Inside the my-custom-application folder, add a new key with name shell and no value (empty)
  4. Inside the shell folder, add a new key with name open and no value (empty)
  5. Inside the open folder, add a new key with name command and value of the filesystem path to the launch executable for your desktop application, and %1 as individually quoted strings, e.g. “C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\MyCustomApplication\MyCustomApplication.Launcher.exe” “%1”
  6. Quit Registry Editor application and restart the computer to apply changes
  7. Once the computer has restarted, entering the URL  my-custom-application://  into any browser will launch the executable specified in the path from step #6. Any parameters on the URL, if required, will be passed to the exe for handling, e.g.  my-custom-application://hello=world&user=bob