I suggest checking out, how url control is used in bundled modules like Links, Documents and Form & List.

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Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

   

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Hey All,

Thanks for the help, but I solved my problem in a different way.  The saving of the data was working correctly, and hence the usage on the page in the module was working fine, it was just the updating screen that had the issues, and when the updating screen was using the absolute URL it was fine.

So, to fix my issue, I saved the absolute URL for the image / link to the database.  What this ment was that the complete url was then being returned, not a file ID or tab ID that needed to be parsed to get the actual link / image to be used, which was a performance improvement.  Then, when I was editing the object in the edit screen, it was using an absolute path, which was the one part that was working fine.

Hope this helps someone,
Lee

Hey Will, Not sure I understand why. I would be using the control the same way as I would if I were to put an external URL in it, and I parse it the same way as I would if I were to use the file ID in storage. I have just switched around the order that I do things. I understand that I would be under the usual issues that come from upgrading a framework or platform, but not sure how my implementation makes me more susceptible to those changes. If you could let me know that would be great so that I make sure I mitigate those issues and risks as much as I can. Thanks Lee