Image as a column link in a report

Hi folks,
I want my thumbnail to be the link in my report. I have set my "Link text" as #THUMBNAIL#. In the help for the "link text" it says "Enter the HTML text to be shown as a link. Use an image tag to display images, or pick from the list of default images.
" . I cant get the syntax right for this however... Can anyone help??
thanks,
Rod

Hi Rod,
The best thing to do would be to select one of the image icons (eg, [Icon 1]) and then edit the HTML string that is put into the "Link text" field.
If you pick Icon 1, you get:
<img src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#edit_big.gif" border="0" alt="Icon 1">
Now change this to something like:
<img src="#APP_IMAGES##THUMBNAIL#" border="0" alt="Icon 1">
or
<img src="#WORKSPACE_IMAGES##THUMBNAIL#" border="0" alt="Icon 1">
depending on if you selected an application for the image or if it is to be available throughout the workspace.
Regards
Andy

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