Using wildcards in hyperlinks

[tomhughes]

Does anyone knowthe proper syntax for using wildcards in hyperlinks ???

The following does not work

http://PathName/*.*

http://PathName\*.*

I have tried many other combinations with no success.

 

[xlbo]

Excuse the question but WHY would you have wildcards in a hyperlink ??
Surely a hyperlink is a link to a specific file or url and as such can't have a wildcard in it - it ain't gonna open multiple files that corresponds to a wildcard....??
:-?

 

[Jazz1963]

This thread is getting old but the question still remains. Can you have wildcards in a hyperlink?
The Why for me is: We have hyperlinks to drawings that have a base number then a revision letter, i.e. 12345-A.dwg. Well when the drawing gets revised the 'A' changes to a 'B'. Thus the hyperlink will not work anymore, it must be changed manually each time there is a revision and we can have 50-60 drawing revisions per month. It would be nice to use a wildcard for the revision letter, but maybe it can't be done.?.
Any help or feedback would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Jazz1963

 

[xlbo]

You still wouldn't use a wildcard though would you - that'd end up pointing to multiple drawings - as is the function of a wildcard - you would need code using a wildcard to find all the files in the directory and then a function to find the latest revision. Cobble that lot together and create a hyperlink from it:

[pseudocode]
Specify file name and directory
Find all files that match with the wildcard for the revision letter
Use that list of files to find the latest revision
Assign that name to a variable
Set the hyperlink to that variable
[/pseudocode]

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[GSwan]

Here's why I want to use a wildcard in a hyperlink...

I want to lock down the Internet Explorer using Content Advisor. I've created a noaccess.rat file and have locked out all web sites according to Microsoft's instructions found here --

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=267930

I would like to be able to "allow" some sites, like

http://www.juno.com.

But as soon as you try to get into another part of the juno website, you are not allowed because it is a different URL, but it still starts with

http://www.juno.com.

Therefore, if I could use a wildcard, say

http://www.juno.*

that would let the user access all of Juno, but nowhere else!

Thanks ahead of time for the answer!