Link to a folder in XML form

Hi Guys!
I was faced with a strange problem.
I want to add link to some folder to an XML form. Like with link to 'Read more' document in SAP's example.
But...
If I select folder in a moment of creation of XML form via standard browser controll, there is path to that folder ('/documents/Public documents' for example) in a field. On presentation time (in NewsExplorer iView) clicking on that link opens 'http://myportal.domain/irj/go/km/docs/documents/Public documents/' instead of 'http://myportal.domain/irj/go/km/navigation/documents/Public documents/'...
What can I do with that?
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
DK

Hi Denis Kleymenov,
If you do not set "Start In" property of the "Browser" control, by default it will show you "root>>documents>>"
root = "http://servername:10000/irj/go/km/docs/"
For example if you select an image which is resided under "root\documents\teamindia.jpg" it will show you below path.
"http://servername:10000/irj/go/km/docs/documents/teamindia.jpg"
not as you expected below
"http://servername:10000/irj/go/km/nagivation/documents/teamindia.jpg"
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