Adding a Hyperlink on the SystemLink Free-Form Dashboard

Updated May 20, 2024

Environment

Software

  • SystemLink

This article explains the method to put a Hyperlink on the SystemLink Free-Form Dashboard.
After the Hyperlink is created at SystemLink Free-Form Dashboard, you can click on the Hyperlink to download the file such as video file.

1. Open NI Web Server root directory C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\Web Server\htdocs
 
2. Place the file or folder that you want to link to the hyperlink in this folder. Below example test.mkv video file is placed inside a folder called video.
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3. At SystemLink Free-Form Dashboard, click Hyperlink to create a hyperlink hence set the URL.
In this example, insert the relative link of the video file video/test.mkv in the URL section.
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4. Click on the hyperlink to download the file.

Upon clicking the hyperlink, the file can be downloaded.
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