[TYPO3] File link (simple question?)

[Tony P]

Thanks for the reply Michael.

I'm not adding a new field, just trying to make an existing field appear 
in the FE as a file link.

The extension uses an html template, with a marker like ###JOURNAL### 
where the field appears in the FE. It currently shows like: 
fileadmin/user_upload/whitepaper.pdf but I want it to be a link.

Can I do this using TypoScript?

Tony


Michael Niemann wrote:
> Hello,
> I don't know this extension but usually if I add a field I'll also have to add some code to the frontend plugin to generate some output for that field.
> 
> How does the si_bibtex plugin look? Does it iterate through all fields and does it use a template?
> 
> If you ask a question specific to a single extension only people who know this extension might be able to answer. Otherwise you'd need to give some insight on how the extension works.
> 
> Regards Michael

> --- On Thu, 6/19/08, Tony P <typo3 at tweezyhosting.com.au> wrote:
> From: Tony P <typo3 at tweezyhosting.com.au>
> Subject: Re: [TYPO3] File link (simple question?)
> To: "TYPO3 English" <typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de>
> Date: Thursday, June 19, 2008, 1:49 PM
> 
> There have been no replies to this question. I'm sure it must be 
> possible, but I still can't nut it out. Any takers please?
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [TYPO3] File link (simple question?)
> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:43:58 +1000
> To: typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de
> 
> I'm trying to re-purpose a field in the si_bibtex extension to make it
> appear as a link to an uploaded file.
> 
> I've got it working in the back end by adding this to extTables.php:
> 
> $GLOBALS['TCA']["tx_sibibtex_entries"]['columns']['institution']['config']['type']
> 
> 
> = 'input';
> $GLOBALS['TCA']["tx_sibibtex_entries"]['columns']['institution']['config']['wizards']
> 
> 
> = array(
>      'link' => Array(
>         'type' => 'popup',
>         'title' => 'Link',
>         'icon' => 'link_popup.gif',
>         'script' => 'browse_links.php?mode=wizard',
>         'JSopenParams' =>
> 'height=300,width=500,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1'
>         )
> );
> 
> However on the page in the front end, it just appears as plain text, eg
> 
> fileadmin/user_upload/whitepaper.pdf
> 
> How do i get it to render as a link to the file, and with the link text
> being just the filename, eg
> 
> [a href="fileadmin/user_upload/whitepaper.pdf"]whitepaper.pdf[/a]
> 
> I hope someone can help me.
> 
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