Hi Scott, Thanks for the tips. I tried what you suggested but I cannot seem to make TBC follow the link. I can view the uri via the form for the instance or using SPARQL.
How do I tell TBC to attempt to follow the link? I've tried right-clicking, crtl or alt or shift clicking, etc.. Thanks, Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:topbraid- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Henninger > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 5:52 PM > To: TopBraid Composer Users > Subject: [tbc-users] Re: Following URIs from within Composer or TBE > > > Tim; As Jeremy suggests, the best way to get it to look like a browser > is to use a browser, hence the reference to TBE 3.0/Ensemble. > > In the meantime, this can be done directly in Composer with the help > of Eclipse. Step 1 is to use an object property. > > Step 2 is to configure the file types using Preferences > General > > Editors > File Associations. Choose whatever internal (to Eclipse) or > external application you want. For example, I have *.pdf set to be > opened with Acrobat Reader. > > Step three is to create the property. For example: > :MyTaxes :associatedDoc <file:///D:/form1040.pdf> > :associatedDoc a owl:ObjectProperty > > The second triple emphasizing that the object property is used, not a > datatype (Composer won't try to "follow" literals). > > This opens Acrobat and displays the document in the middle pane. Note > that this file is local on my D: drive. You can use any valid URL > here. > > -- Scott > > On Feb 11, 3:47 pm, "Smith, Tim" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This may be something very simple that I've overlooked or modeled > > incorrectly, but here goes... > > > > I have many instances that have an associated URL. This URL may > point > > to a document on a server or webpage, whatever, doesn't really > matter. > > What I need is the ability to open those links from within Composer > and > > TBE. I don't want/need TBC/E to actually display the data at the > URL. > > I just need it to open it in the appropriate application just as a > web > > browser would do. > > > > For example, I run a SPARQL query that returns a collection of > document > > instances and their associated URLs. > > > > How can I "click" on the URL to open the document? > > > > I would like to do this from the SPARQL results view, the Form > display > > for the instance as well as from within the results view in TBE. > > > > For reference, the range of the "URL" property is xsd:anyURI so TBC > can > > determine that it is a URI resource. > > > > Note: I'm attempting this from TBC/ME 2.6.2. I have not tried it on > > the new beta version. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Tim > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TopBraid Composer Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/topbraid-composer-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
