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Inserting Links
In a rich content field, you can insert hyperlinks to external web sites, links to attachments in the current item, and links to other items.
Inserting a Link in the Web Interface
In the Web interface, you use the rich content toolbar to insert attachment links and hyperlinks. To insert item links, you do the following:
1. Select the text where you want to add the item link and then click the insert item link icon on the rich content toolbar. The Create Item Link window opens.
2. For Item ID, specify the ID of the item. You can enter the ID or click the ... button to locate the item.
3. For Display Text, specify the display text. The text that was selected when you clicked the insert item link icon is the default.
4. For Tooltip, specify the text to display when the mouse is placed over the item link.
5. For View item as of, specify how to display the item link Choices are:
◦ Label—Specifies an item by its label. For more information, see Working With Item Labels.
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The item link does not function if the following characters are used in the label: < > & $
◦ Edit—Specifies an edit entry in the item history.
◦ Date—Specifies a historical date for the item. For more information, see Viewing a Historical Item.
◦ Current—Specifies that the item link display the item as of the moment the hyperlink is clicked.
◦ Revision—Specifies a specific item revision. For information on searching by item revision, see Searching for Items.
Inserting a Link in the GUI
In the GUI, you use the rich content toolbar to insert hyperlinks, attachment links, or item links.
To insert a link:
1. Highlight the text or click the location where you want to add the link.
2. From the Insert list on the rich content toolbar, select one of the following::
◦ Hyperlink to insert a hyperlink.
◦ Item Link to insert an item link.
◦ Attachment to insert an attachment.
The window for inserting rich content opens.
3. Define the options for inserting the rich content.
For more information, see Insert <Rich Content Object>/Link Properties Window (GUI).
4. Click OK.
Editing a Link in the GUI
To edit a link:
1. Select an existing hyperlink, item link, or an attachment that you want to edit.
2. From the Insert list on the rich content toolbar, select one of the following:
◦ Hyperlink to edit a hyperlink.
◦ Item Link to edit an item link.
◦ Attachment to edit an attachment.
3. Edit the options for the rich content.
For more information, see Insert <Rich Content Object>/Link Properties Window (GUI).
4. Click OK.
Key Considerations
• URLs you enter as part of Insert Hyperlink window or Insert Image window are checked for compliance with the RFC 2396 (Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax), which describes the syntax and format of a URI. If the hyperlink is found to be syntactically invalid, Windchill RV&S will not create the hyperlink. The SPACE character is the only character which, if present in the hyperlink, is invalid as per RFC 2396 but is allowed by Windchill RV&S.
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This validation only applies to hyperlinks that have standard protocols. For example, HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. This does not apply to hyperlinks that have a non-standard protocol; for example, Rational DOORS.
• To follow a link in the rich content field, click the link. If inline editing is enabled, CTRL+click the link.
• If document versioning is enabled, you can insert hyperlinks to versioned items. To type the ID of a versioned item, use the format Live Item ID-major.minor. For example, type 184-1.2.