topic Re: Widgets can be hyper linked? in ArcGIS API for Flex Questions

Widgets can be hyper linked?

SushmaSachidanand — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:34:07 GMT

Is there anyway where we can force widgets as URl and redirect to website?
For Ex.,
Help Widget - when I click that it has to redirect the website instead opening as a widget..
Any help or suggestions is highly appreciated.

Thanks!

Re: Widgets can be hyper linked?

Anonymous User — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:13:51 GMT

Sushma:

I use the following code to launch a new window from a button within one of my widgets:

    var url:String = 'www.mywebpage.com';
    var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
    navigateToURL(urlRequest, '_blank');

so what you can do is to put this code inside of the widget init event and then either just have the widget close itself right afterwards (don't know if you can do that) or just have a "Help Opened in new window" displayed as the widgets contents ...

Hope that helps!

Re: Widgets can be hyper linked?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:27:25 GMT

Guys,

There is a widget designed specifically for this:

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5e4717fe1bb247f89b9092308e569c30

Also Flex Viewer/Widget Questions should be posted here:

http://forums.arcgis.com/forums/111-ArcGIS-Viewer-for-Flex

Re: Widgets can be hyper linked?

Anonymous User — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:19:49 GMT

Robert - thanks again as always!