How to create a link for a column in list.jspx?

Hi,

I have a table with 2 columns: a report name and the report file to execute. I want to change the report name column (first column) so it becomes an hyperlink that has as part of its URL the 2nd column value, but I have not been able to make it work with the table:column tag. Well, I have not even been able to setup a static hyperlink...so yes, I have no idea how to customize the column tag.

Code:

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    <page:list id="pl_com_swroot_info3pl_model_Report" items="${reports}" z="YqjlCSimn/77CtvQ5OaovaAGMvU=">
        <table:table data="${reports}" id="l_com_swroot_info3pl_model_Report" path="/reports" z="NrbS9wlfgjT4sPYdJ5hXfz87rM8=">
            <table:column id="c_com_swroot_info3pl_model_Report_name" <table:column id="c_com_swroot_info3pl_model_Report_name" property="<a href="http://localhost:8080/reports/" + ReferenceTo_reportFileValue(3rd column)>name</a>" maxLength="35" z="user-managed"/>            <table:column id="c_com_swroot_info3pl_model_Report_description" property="description" z="Ig8xj9JX2eTEIOKqH9P08gNTdYI="/>
            <table:column id="c_com_swroot_info3pl_model_Report_reportFile" property="reportFile" z="/5rfs85yXk+c2tZH1hv/PtiBIzk="/>
        </table:table>
    </page:list>

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Thanks for any suggestion.

1. Update column.tagx to include a new property say "hyperlink"
<jsp:directive.attribute name="hyperlink" type="java.lang.Boolean" required="false" rtexprvalue="true" description="Include 'hyper link' to view page" />

2. Update column.tagx to populate the value in request
<c:if test="${hyperlink}">
<c:set var="columnHyperlinks" value="true" scope="request"/>
</c:if>
3. Update table.tagx to use this value

<c:set var="columnHyperlinks" scope="request" />

<c:set var="hyperlinks" value="${fn:split(columnHyperlinks, ',')}" scope="request" />

<c:set var="columnHyperlink" value="${hyperlinks[num.count-1]}" />

<c:otherwise>
<c:set var="itemId"><spring:eval expression="item[typeIdFieldName]"/></c:set>
<spring:url value="${path}/${itemId}" var="show_form_url" />
<spring:message arguments="${typeName}" code="entity_show" var="show_label" htmlEscape="false" />
<c:if test="${columnHyperlink}">
<a href="${fn:escapeXml(show_form_url)}" alt="${fn:escapeXml(show_label)}" title="${fn:escapeXml(show_label)}">
<spring:eval expression="item[column]" var="colTxt"/>
<c:out value="${fn:substring(colTxt, 0, columnMaxLength)}" />
</a>
</c:if>
<c:if test="${!columnHyperlink}">
<spring:eval expression="item[column]" var="colTxt"/>
</c:if>
</c:otherwise>
</c:choose>
<c:choose>
<c:when test="${columnMaxLength lt 0}">
<c:if test="${!columnHyperlink}">
<c:out value="${colTxt}" />
</c:if>
</c:when>
<c:otherwise>
<c:if test="${!columnHyperlink}">
<c:out value="${fn:substring(colTxt, 0, columnMaxLength)}" />
</c:if>
</c:otherwise>
</c:choose>

4. Use the hyperlink property in list.jspx to make the column hyperlink.

Hi,

Thanks for the example.

Can we add property Sortable to make the Column Sortable in Ascending/Descending Order.

I tried Sortable column using Display tag library, but I need to implement it using existing <table:column>.

Can you give an idea or example for this.

Thanks & Regards,
Rohit