Help with Buttons?

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Hi, is it possible to create a button, type ‘button’
and use that as a link?
What I’d like to do is accomplish this:
When the user clicks on this button, the user is directed to a URL. How do I do this?

thanks!!!

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On 1 Nov. 2007, 1:00 am, Yeled wrote:

Hi, is it possible to create a button,
When the user clicks on this button, the user is directed to a URL. How do I do this?

If you download or buy the Freeway manual there is a section devoted to creating buttons which you can then attach a link to - see section 15 - 40 to 42

http://www.softpress.com/support/usermanuals.php

Gary

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On Nov 1, 2007, at 4:27 AM, diarbyrag wrote:

On 1 Nov. 2007, 1:00 am, Yeled wrote:

Hi, is it possible to create a button,
When the user clicks on this button, the user is directed to a
URL. How do I do this?

If you want to use a Form button for navigation, you can, either with
JavaScript or by creating a form with a GET method pointing at the
page you want. But this breaks the user’s expectations about what a
form is and does, so it’s not recommended.

Walter

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Throw caution to the wind and Just Do It:

  1. Sketch a form button.
  2. In the Inspector, change the Type to Button.
  3. The Value field is for the name you want to appear on the button.
  4. With the button still selected, go to Item > Extended…
  5. Click the tab in the Extended Attributes dialog.
  6. Click the New… button.
  7. Type “onclick” (without the quotes) for Name.
  8. Type the following in the Value field:
    window.location.href=‘URL’;

(Of course you must type the name of your URL in place of “URL” within those single quotes. And don’t forget the semicolon at the end.)

–James Wages

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If you’re going to go down this road, then make sure that in step 8
you enter the entire URL: http://example.com/page.html and not a
partial or relative URL.

Walter

On Apr 22, 2010, at 1:29 AM, JDW wrote:

Throw caution to the wind and Just Do It:

  1. Sketch a form button.
  2. In the Inspector, change the Type to Button.
  3. The Value field is for the name you want to appear on the button.
  4. With the button still selected, go to Item > Extended…
  5. Click the tab in the Extended Attributes dialog.
  6. Click the New… button.
  7. Type “onclick” (without the quotes) for Name.
  8. Type the following in the Value field:
    window.location.href=‘URL’;

(Of course you must type the name of your URL in place of “URL”
within those single quotes. And don’t forget the semicolon at the
end.)

–James Wages

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Why no relative URLs, Walter?

(I’ve tested such successfully in IE6/7/8, Firefox Mac/Win, Chrome and Safari.)

–James Wages

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