Runlink

Valuemation Runlink enables execution of a workflow on the Valuemation web server started by clicking a html link in a web browser or an email client. This way Valuemation web can be started and an editor or a catalog opened directly from a third-party application.

Establishing a runlink involves two steps:

1. Generate the runlink code in Valuemation
2. Insert the code in the third-party html application

Two types of runlink code can be used:

• 'Run' - the runlink opens Valuemation and runs the specified workflow.

  Runlink can also be modified so that closing Valuemation opened from the runlink opens a specific web page.

• 'Update' - the runlink only runs the workflow, typically used in Valuemation InfoObjects, i.e. to open an editor or catalog from a third-party application running within already opened Valuemation.

This chapter deals with the 'Generate Runlink' action as a tool for manual runlink creation. Internal runlink creation is handled by the 'ApiWebLink' API class described in the Valuemation COM API documentation.