Passing Values Using Parameters

You can create links using several techniques:

In the context of a portal interface by using a link:

• Create a Portal shortcut and associate the link with that shortcut.

In the context of a specific application by using a custom field:

• Create a Custom Field of the type Display Only – Text or System Object. Add the link to that field.
• Create a Custom Field of the type Read Only - System Variables with the following. It will display as a button.

<input type="button" class=Button value="Button Label" onClick='parent.location.href="/urltopage?variable=@variable@"'/>

In either case the link can be web URL or local UNC type link.

Passing Parameters Through a Link

You can pass values using parameters to another page which has form fields to be pre-populated. For URL type links the following syntax would be used:

urltopage?Firstname=@firstname@&lastname=@lastname@&email=@email@&address=@address@&address2=@address2@&phone=@phone@&extension=@uphoneext@ &city=@city@&province=@province@&postal=@postalcode@&homephone=@home phone@&companyname=@company name@&employeeid=@employee id@

SmartSimple will replace the variable references (@lastname@ etc) with values derived from the current user session.