Directly Linking to WebLink

You can construct a URL that directly links to WebLink to perform the following:

• Directly open a specific document

• Directly open a specific folder

• Directly download an electronic document

• Directly download a specific document as a PDF

To directly open a specific document

• http://hostname/weblink7/docview.aspx?dbid=db&id=y

To directly open a specific folder

• http://hostname/weblink7/Browse.aspx?dbid=db&startid=y

To directly download an electronic document

• http://hostname/weblink7/ElectronicFile.aspx?dbid=db&docid=y

• http://hostname/weblink7/docview.aspx?dbid=db&id=y&openfile="true"

To directly download a specific document as a PDF

• http://hostname/weblink7/docview.aspx?dbid=db&id=y&openpdf="true"

Note: The openpdf parameter will be ignored if your repository is configured to require an export reason.

Hostname is the name of the web server hosting WebLink. The value db specifies the dbid value of the WebLink repository configuration you want to use. The value y specifies the ID of the desired document or folder.

Note: You can view the dbid for a repository configuration by loading the Laserfiche WebLink 7 Configuration Utility.

Note: You can view the ID number for a document by configuring the contents pane to display the ID column. For more information, please see the Assigning Columns to the Contents Pane topic.