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When a field in the data dictionary utilizes the Display as URL<\/b> feature, ExtraView places a link button by the field on an add<\/em> or edit<\/em> form, and turns the displayed value into a link to the URL on a report. It can sometimes be convenient to override this behavior and create your own link to the external URL. This operation is done with a UserJavaScript function. The method to add to the UserJavaScript.js file is named userJavaScriptRemoteLink()<\/span>. If this method exists, it takes the following three parameters:<\/p>\n

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