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I'd like to use a column in a Numbers file to add links to associated documents. I can't find any reference to this in the Numbers Help file - is this possible?

Wayne Contello wrote:
Here is link to a previous discussion where I provided a possible solution:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21363382#21363382
Maybe this will work for you
Many thanks Wayne for this suggestion, it's the answer I want. I've followed this in a slightly different way.
I was already using Apache on my Mac to mirror some websites for which I had been producing Perl CGI scripts. I have MAMP Pro which allows me to set up a host file so that I can access the website on my Mac using a pseudo name, and it takes care of starting up Apache. It was a simple matter of putting all the files I wanted to link to in Numbers in the same folder then give it a simple name in my hosts file to use in the link.
I should have thought of this before!

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If you are just adding a delivery document with serial numbers, the DIAPI works OK. If you are adding a delivery document which is based upon a sales order and add the 3 lines that reference it:
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