Web Page

 

Maximum 1023 characters. The Web Page field is used to store a link to a website address or other file.

A button is displayed next to the Web Page field in the Contact window. This button opens the specified website address in your default Internet browser. If a file location is specified, the file will be opened in the program associated with the file type of the specified file. This feature will not work for website addresses unless you have Internet access.

Any drive letters or paths that are included with the file name must be common to all users in order for all users to successfully access the file. Universal naming conventions and long file names are supported. Any type of file can be listed in a Web page field, although Web page fields are most commonly used to store website addresses, the names of word processor documents, PDF files, or HTML files.

Right-clicking this field will display a context menu with the following commands.

Open	The Open menu option provides the same functionality as clicking the button. Selecting Open with a valid Web page in the Web Page field will open the specified Web page in your default Internet browser. If a file location is specified, the file will be opened in the program associated with the file type of the specified file.
Undo	The Undo menu option (or Ctrl+Z) cancels the previous editing operation.
Cut	The Cut menu option (or Ctrl+X) deletes the selected text and places it in the Windows Clipboard.
Copy	The Copy menu option (or Ctrl+C) copies the selected text to the Windows Clipboard.
Paste	The Paste menu option (or Ctrl+V) inserts the text from the Windows Clipboard at the cursor position in the Web Page field.
Select All	The Select All menu option (or Ctrl+A) selects all text in the Web Page field.

Using Relative Paths

Using a relative path prevents potential mapping problems with network installations as well as making it easier to move Tabs3 from one hard drive to another (for future growth). File locations without drive letters are located relative to the current working directory. Therefore, a file with no path indicates the file is stored in the current working directory (not recommended from a hard drive organizational standpoint). For example:

• Specifying a file name of DOCUMENTS\LETTER05214.DOC indicates the file resides in a folder named DOCUMENTS that is located in the current working directory.
• Specifying a file name of PI\DOCS\LETTER05214.DOC indicates the file resides in a folder named DOCS that is located in the PI folder in the current working directory.
• Specifying a file name of PHOTOS\MURRAY.GIF indicates the file resides in a folder named PHOTOS that is located in the current working directory.
• Specifying a file named LETTER050214.DOC indicates the file resides in the current working directory (once again, not recommended from a hard drive organizational standpoint).
• Specifying a file name of \CL2140.GIF indicates the file resides in the root directory of the drive on which the current working directory is located.
• Specifying a file name of J:\TABS3\LETTER05214.DOC indicates the file resides on drive J in a folder named TABS3. (Keep in mind that all users who access this file must have the same drive letter mapping. )
• If your current working directory is K:\APPS\TABS3, the following values point to the same location: PHOTOS\SMITH.GIF and K:\APPS\TABS3\PHOTOS\SMITH.GIF.