Webpage Asset Link Auto-Update

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Hi all,
I am using the webpage asset for my project.

There is a particular “number” in the link that I used in the webpage asset, and it is changing on a monthly basis (it is actually indicator of the month, e.g. it is 11 for november and 12 for december). The remaining part is unchanged.
Is there a chance to use a feature (let’s say the Excel feature) so that program will update the link on a monthly basis automatically?

Thanks in advance!

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Hi,

You can use a Clock Interface Asset from which you will get the corresponding date among with a Text manipulation Interface Asset to Concatenate the value to your link. You can then Bind the resulted text on the Web Browser’s url.

Regards,
Mihai

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Hi Mihai,
That sounds like a great solution.
But before trying to do so, I actually created an Excel Workbook that I
used the CONCATENATE function to combine current month (with the MONTH
function) and put the resulted text on another cell.
Then, I imported it to the project, used the binding function for Web
Browser’s URL and tried to get the data from Excel’s that particular
resulted text cell. Apparently I cannot get text input from CONCATENATE
function’s text output. Is there a solution for that?

I also tried your option, but I could not obtain a resulted text via Text
Manipulation. Does it only work with Trigger/Action? Can I use it like an
Excel function without releasing any button or using any trigger/action
feature?

Thank you for your responsiveness.

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Hi Ece,

You need a trigger to set the value on the Web Browser. The best approach is to use the clock IA to perform the trigger. I have attached a snapshot for you along with a sample experience that can be downloaded from the following url: http://deposit.intuilab.com/deposit/support/IntuiFace/sampleclockusecase.zip

In the sample I have used the “Second Changed” trigger for test purpose only. The Clock’s “Second Changed” trigger will update a text asset in my example.

For your real case scenario:

  • Set your desired url on the “Define url” text asset
  • Change the trigger to “Month number changed” and get the value of the “new text” from the “month as a number” instead of “seconds”.
  • Configure the “set text” action to “Open url” on a web browser instead of the text

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Mihai

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Hi again,
This looks pretty doable for me.
However, the problem is that the month number is in the middle of my URL link instead of being at the end. So, I combine 3 texts by Concatenate on Excell actually.
Is it possible to do this by “Replace” action in Text Manipulation interface asset?
Example:
My url is www.abc9def.com
9 represents the month number (september). I want it to change on a daily basis. Should I concatenate double??

Thanks in advance.

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You should call the concatenate action 2 times. One time to set the initial number after the first part of the text, second time to set the rest of the text (which may be written on a second text asset). Please see the attached gif for more details. Note that I have delayed the actions on the timeline to make sure the actions write the text in the correct order.

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You made my day, such a wonderful community! :slight_smile:
Thank you Mihai, I will apply it to my project and reach out again if I have any other issue.
Thanks!!

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You can also use “Replace” action instead of 2x Concatenate as long as you set a specific value for the url’s number. If you use this approach, make sure you do not replace the original text. This is a much easier approach as it will replace only the corresponding value.

Have fun using IntuIFace :slight_smile:

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