Creating a Web Link Dialog Element

You can use a web link dialog element to open a specific web page in the browser. This may be useful if the user needs to view additional information before answering the question during the interview.

To create a web link dialog element

1. Open Component Studio.
2. From the components list, open a dialog for editing.
3. In the Contents and Layouts tab, at the bottom of the component editor, click the Web link dialog element icon.
4. In the Name field, type a name for the new dialog element.
5. In the URL field, type the full address for the website you want to link to.

For convenience, as you type the URL into the URL field, the Web Link dialog element name automatically updates.

6. Use the Type drop-down to select how the link is displayed:
   • Button – A grey button with squared edges containing the text or image selected below. Use the Size fields to set the button's size. The first box sets width, and the second height.

Images in buttons are cropped to button size.

1. • Hyperlink – The chosen text formatted in as a hyperlink (blue and underlined) or the chosen image displayed without border.

7. Choose either:

6. • Text - type the text you want to display on the dialog in a button or as a hyperlink
   • Image - use the Browse button to add the image you want to display on the dialog in a button or as a hyperlink

8. Click OK.

Rather than create a hyperlink that opens a Web browser, you can create an e-mail link. To do this, include mailto: in the URL, followed by an e-mail address, like this: mailto:publications@hotdocs.com.