Using HYPERLINK to open external files

To open files externally, we use a hyperlink in most of the application or programming languages because it opens a file with the appropriate application. Let's see how we can use a hyperlink in NAV.

How to do it...

1. Create a new codeunit from Object Designer.

2. Then add the following global variables:

   Name	Type
   Selection	Integer

3. Write the following code in the OnRun trigger of the codeunit:

   Selection := STRMENU('Image,Website');
   IF Selection = 1 THEN
    HYPERLINK('C:\Users\Public\Pictures\SamplePictures\Penguins.jpg')
   ELSE
    HYPERLINK('HTTP://www.mibuso.com');

4. It's time to save and close the codeunit.

How it works...

On execution of the codeunit, the system presents a simple selection menu where we need to choose between an image and a website. For both the options, we have provided the file location as a parameter to the HYPERLINK function. HYPERLINK visits the file location and loads that pointer using the default program on the current machine.

If we choose...