WD ABAP: Navigation to external application

Hi all,
I want to realize a link to an external application by clicking a button.
For that purpose I created a suspend plug and a resume plug on the MAIN window. After that I created a button on the view. Which logic has to be added to the button to navigate to an external application? Currently I call the suspend plug in the following way:
DATA: l_ref_main TYPE REF TO ig_main .
l_ref_main = wd_this->get_main_ctr( ).
l_ref_main->fire_external_link_plg(
Is there any parameter, which has to be used?
Or do you suggest another approach?
Thanks for your help.
Best regards
Markus
Message was edited by: Armin Reichert

Hi Markus,
In case you would like to switch to another application without having the need to return back and keep the state of the current application, you can also use an exit plug and supply the URL to the new application as a parameter.
Best regards,
Thomas

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