Email Address in Form

Hi -

We are developing some forms and want to add a line in the form that will read something like this at the LPL level:

text of untranslatable: " Questions? Please email HRDepartment@company.org"

We'd like the email address to display to the user as a link in the form and open to a blank email, but stay in line with the preceding text. We have only been able to create the link by using a button which sits on it's own line on the form and doesn't look as good.

We've tried using derived and compute fields to no avail. Any ideas/tips would be appreciated.

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Chad Dirst

Your close to getting your desired effect. When defining your button add another line to make the desired display a link instead of a button using the "display as link" syntax.

The entire process would be:

1.) Use derived field that would house your email address.

Example:

XYZEmailAddress is a DerivedField

type is Text

return "mailto:abc@xyz.com"

2.) One your form add reference

Example:

button of untranslatable:"Questions? Please email the HR Department"

link is external "<BusinessClass>.XYZEmailAddress>"

display as link

Joseph Van Denburg

This is what I just did to handle formatting too:

paragraph centered

text of untranslatable:"If you're still experiencing issues, please call 999-\999-\9999 or email<CareersMailToZZZ>\."

-----------------------------------

Candidate is a BusinessClass

owned by Recruiting

Derived Fields

CareersMailToZZZ is a DerivedField

type is RichText

return "<a href="mailto:hrdepartment@company.org">HR Department</a>"

Double backslash to remove automatically created spaces
Single backslash to escape quotes
RichText type to enable href
Embed user field in text message

Legacy Contributor

I've had success doing it in two different ways. Chad's response is the first or you can hardcode it in a similar way right on the form.

paragraph //this is what will keep the button on the same line as the text

text of untranslatable:"Questions? Please email "

button of untranslatable:"HR Department."

link is "mailto:hrdepartment@company.org"

display as link

align as label //this is what will prevent a gap between text and link

smodarressiyazdi

Thanks Joseph!

I tried using this with mixed results. I created the derived field on two different business classes for two unrelated forms. One business class was a configured business class and the other was a user business class. The LPL is valid on both business classes, however when I reference the derived field on the configured business class the field does not display on the form on the user end. It reads:

"If you are still experiencing issues email"

It worked as expected though on the form that references the field from the user business class.

smodarressiyazdi

Thanks BeMoore,

I gave your solution a shot as well. Not sure if it matters, but I am working from the Web Console. I am still getting the awkward space between the link and the text even with "Align as label" configuration.

paragraph

text of untranslatable:"If you have questions or concerns regarding your transition please email the"

button of untranslatable:"HR Service Center."

link is external "mailto:HRService@company.org"

display as link

align as label

Joseph Van Denburg

Perhaps placing the configured business class before the field will help as Chad initially indicated.

"<BusinessClass.UserField>".

Dr. Awesome

Does adding “no label” help? Same indentation level as display as link and align as label.

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