Changing the Appearance of Hyperlinks
You can use registry settings to change the appearance of M-Files hyperlinks created with the Get Hyperlink operation. Add the registry settings to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE for client-wide settings or to HKEY_CURRENT_USER for user and vault settings, or to both. HKEY_CURRENT_USER is more important when registry settings are added for both.
In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, the key name is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Motive\M-Files\<version>\Common\Settings\Hyperlinks.
In HKEY_CURRENT_USER, the key name is: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Motive\M-Files\<version>\Client\MFShell\<vault>\Hyperlinks.
Add these settings on the target computer to change the way hyperlinks are shown:
| Value name: FriendlyNameModeForHTML | |
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| Value type | REG_DWORD |
| Description | Defines if the object title is a link in the HTML version of the hyperlink. Values from 1 to 3 also define the type of the link. |
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Tip: M-Files also adds the link to your clipboard in the
XML Spreadsheet format. This lets you paste the link to a cell in Microsoft Excel. The type of the link is specified in the FriendlyNameModeForHTML value. If its value is set to 0 or is not
specified, the link opens the object in M-Files Desktop.
| Value name: CanShowSpecificLinks | |
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| Value type | REG_DWORD |
| Description | Controls if the HTML version of the hyperlink can include client-specific links after the object title. |
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| Value name: SpecificLinksMode | |
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| Value type | REG_DWORD |
| Description | If CanShowSpecificLinks is set to 1, controls
which of the client-specific links the HTML version of the hyperlink contains. Save
the value with the decimal base (Base:
Decimal). Note: To use links to the new and
classic M-Files Web, the URLs to their home pages must be
specified in the vault properties. See Document Vault Advanced Properties. |
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| Value name: PlainTextModeForClipboard | |
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| Value type | REG_DWORD |
| Description | Controls the content of the plain-text version of the hyperlink copied to the clipboard. |
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