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I am looking for an action similar to Load Web page in Method classic. Does this exist yet?

Here is the use case...

I add a text box on a screen "designed by Computer Bookkeeping Solutions" and format as a link. I want it to go to a specified web page.

Hello Mahlon,

Please check this forum post which  explains the how can you use Load web page option.

-Inder

In this forum post Monish references a Link action. I can't seem to find this

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Desclaimer: While this solution works, in the long run, I do not recommend it due to the explicit HTML code required.Eventually, we will create the action & that should be the right way to do it.

We also have a Link action which will work for you if you just need to place a link & open it in another page.

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Hello Mahlon,

Load web page action is not avaibale in the current version yet. I will pass this feature request to our product team.

-Inder

I'm a bit confused....

On Aug 11 Victoria asked...Do you have a date for when this action will be released?

Monished replied

Hi Victoria,

It wil be some time before Load Web Page action is available.

However, if you're looking for a way to show an iframe, it can be done in Method:New without that particular action.

Here's a quick example I put together: https://templatemonish.method.ws/MethodPhoenix/public.aspx#f4dcb19d-f096-47f1-bd52-ef7647f7d55b?AR=0 (depending on the browser security settings, this may not work, especially in Chrome. Safari is ideal to test this.)

This is done by putting a Text object on the screen and replacing the content of that text with HTML that you desire. In this case, <iframe>. You can use an Update Control Action with an expression builder to very quickly generate a page like the one above.

Desclaimer: While this solution works, in the long run, I do not recommend it due to the explicit HTML code required.Eventually, we will create the action & that should be the right way to do it.

We also have a Link action which will work for you if you just need to place a link & open it in another page.

Hope this helps.

Thanks - please keep your questions c& feedback oming!

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You told me to reference this artlicle for a work around which seems to indicatet hat you could usea text field and the HTML code mentioned, but that you ALSO have a link action.

Is/will there be a difference between load web page and Link...??

Basically just needs to do something like

Will we be seeing this any time soon?

Before the new release I could add a text object to the field and type <a href="http://typeyoururl" target="_blank"> Submit</a> into the caption and add actions to the text box. It would take you to the url then trigger the actions.

Now it seems to trigger the actions first and will not take you to the url.

If I remove the actions, it works fine.

We REALLY NEED a load webpage action now that we have all these public pages so clients can use anylitics.

Any updates or workarounds?

When can we expect a load web page action?

Hi Mahlon,

No Definite ETA on when this will be available just yet. We are currently focusing our App Development/Improvement resources on the features discussed at the Partner Retreat. Once these have been pushed Live, we will be shifting our attention to bringing Newer Features and Actions into the Platform.

Thanks Mahlon.

-Ben

Mahlon,

Here is a work around, put the following in a text object on the screen:

<button class="mi-button mi-button-primary" onclick="goToSite()">Go To Site</button>  <script> function goToSite() {window.location.href = "https://www.google.com";}</script>

Obviously, change the www.google.com part to whatever site you would like to open or use character function to dynamically change the URL.

Thanks Matt,

I'm doing something similar with a link, but the button is a great idea.

The problem though is that you can't trigger actions such as validation on a Submit button. At least I couldn't get it to work.