XPages: File Download control link url - file

Question

I have a file download control that lists attachments from some documents in my database.
I want to display an icon next to each row and make it a link to the attachment of the row.
If not sure how to do it for each row, let's assume that i have only 1 row. How can i get the link of the attachment so as to declare it as href in a link control?

Answer 1

As i already mentioned in my Comment if you are using a <xp:fileDownload> you can add a Icon if you set displayType="true" and because you didnt add code to your question i guess your code could look something like this:
//..your code
<xp:panel id="row">
<xp:this.data>
<xp:dominoDocument
var="document1"
action="openDocument"
documentId="#{javascript://example... viewEntry.getDocument().getUniversalId()}">
</xp:dominoDocument>
</xp:this.data>
<xp:fileDownload
rows="30"
id="fileDownload1"
displayLastModified="false"
value="#{document1.Body}"
displayType="true">
</xp:fileDownload>
</xp:panel>
//..your code
or if you dont use a <xp:fileDownload> and maby just Display rows with the attachment Name you could use something like this:
//... your code
<xp:panel id="row">
<xp:repeat
id="repeat1"
rows="30"
value="#{javascript:#AttachmentNames()}"
indexVar="attachmentIndex"
var="attachment">
<xp:link
escape="true"
text="#{javascript:attachment;}"
id="link1"
target="_blank">
<xp:this.value><![CDATA[#{javascript:
var url = facesContext.getExternalContext().getRequest().getContextPath() + "/0/" +
/*in my case: viewEntry.getDocument().getUniversalID()*/
+ "/$File/"+ AttachmentName;
return url;}]]></xp:this.value>
<xp:image id="image1">
<xp:this.url><![CDATA[#{javascript://
var pdfImage = 'pdf.gif';
if(attachment.indexOf("pdf")> 0)
return pdfImage;
}]]></xp:this.url>
</xp:image> 
</xp:link>
<br></br>
</xp:repeat>
</xp:panel>//...your code
The <xp:repeat> inside your row will create a link for each attachment inside of your document you can remove it if you only have one attachment per document.