Link Active Article

In the context menu of a article (right-click item in result list or empty area in a detail window mask), and also in the

Links pull-down menu on the Assignments Ribbon tab of an article detail mask, you can find various functions for the linking to other documents or articles.

After selection of some functions, the Enter links dialogue window will be displayed, and the current document is automatically entered in the selected window of the class. The Link can be selected from the drop-down list at the top of the dialogue.

Link new document as source class

Links a new document as source class to the active object. When you call the function, the Link selection for... dialogue opens first, followed by the Select template file(s) dialogue (here you select one of the offered template files via the buttons, or, via File selection, a specific file from the local system), and, finally, the Enter document dialogue.

Link existing document as source class

When you call the function, the Link selection for ARTICLE to DOCUMENT dialogue window with all available link types will be displayed. Select one and confirm with a double-click or Apply.

Then, the Find documents dialogue opens, enabling you to select the document to be linked as source class.

Link new article as source class

Links a new article as source class to the active object. the Link selection for... dialogue opens first, followed by the Enter article dialogue.

Link existing article as source class

When you call the function, the Link selection for ARTICLE to ARTICLE dialogue window with all available link types will be displayed. Select one and confirm with a double-click or Apply.

Then, the Find articles dialogue opens, enabling you to select the article to be linked as source class.

Link preselected object as source class

Links the active object to the preselected object in the Clipboard (see also Preselect document function in the Functions for the Active Document: General topic), with the latter object as source class. After this, a dialogue for link type selection will be displayed.

Link new document as target class

Links a new document as target class to the active object. First, the link type selection dialogue window opens, then, the dialogue window for the file type selection (you can either select one of the suggested template files in the selection dialogue, or select a specific file from the local system via File selection), and, finally, the Enter document dialogue window will be displayed.

Link existing document as target class

When you call the function, the Link selection for ARTICLE to DOCUMENT dialogue window with all available link types will be displayed. Select one and confirm with a double-click or Apply.

Then, the Find documents dialogue opens, enabling you to select the document to be linked as source class.

Link new article as target class

Links a new article as target class to the active object. the Link selection for... dialogue opens first, followed by the Enter article dialogue.

Link existing article as target class

When you call the function, the Link selection for ARTICLE to ARTICLE dialogue window with all available link types will be displayed. Select one and confirm with a double-click or Apply.

Then, the Find articles dialogue opens, enabling you to select the article to be linked as source class.

Link preselected object as target class

Links the active object to the preselected object in the Clipboard (see also Preselect document function in the Functions for the Active Document: General topic), with the latter object as target class. After this, a dialogue for link type selection will be displayed.

If a link cannot be created between particular object types, for which there can be various reasons (e.g. no link type available for this purpose in the database), the following message will be displayed:

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