Display hyperlink instead of full url in URL field

[carlh]

Good morning,

Yesterday I got some help from ctomasi and it's working great!     Can we concatinate 2 fields to complete a URL?

Recap.

I have a URL field that is created by concatenating 2 values.   For extra credit, I would like to show a hyper link rather than the full ugly URL on the form.   Can this be done?

Please advise and thank you!!!

Regards,

Carl

[veena_kvkk88]

Hey Carl,

Look at Benjamin's reply here: Trying to add display text to a URL field type

Looks like that's going to satisfy your requirement.

[carlh]

Thanks for the link.   It was sounding good except I'd need it server side as well since the records are being created through a webservice and would bypass any client side rules.

Anyone have an idea for a business rule to convert the URL value in to a hyperlink?

I have a label that acts as a hyperlink but the URL is hardcoded and I am not sure I'd be able to change the value on insert to point to a new record.

[veena_kvkk88]

Unfortunately, I don't think there's a way to do that yet. This one's new, so it's the updated info. Show Link/URL in List with Display Value

[Chuck Tomasi]

It sounds like you simply need to change the type of your field from string to URL.

Right click the field label, Configure Dictionary.

Change the Type from String to URL on the Dictionary Entry form and save. Your URL will now be a clickable link.