Bridge to Open A-Z Folders

[scottmanis]

Hello,

We just did our final conversion from Practiceworks to Open Dental on Friday and I am now noticing that our nested files in our old practiceworks A-Z folders cannot be accessed through the Imaging module (though the top level files are showing up). I am wondering if somone could tell me whether or not it is feasible to create a bridge button that would in the best case scenario open up the patients specific A-Z file or at the least open up the directory as a whole in windows explorer.

Thanks in advance!

Scott

[scottmanis]

An update of what I've tried so far.

I have gotten the bridge to open windows explorer, but it takes about a minute and then the command line commands for windows explorer dont execute.

Am I only supposed to be using command line commands for OpenDental Itself, and not Explorer?

Sorry If Im confusing things...

[jordansparks]

I'm guessing it takes that long because Windows is attempting to locate files/folder that don't exist. In other words, the path you typed is invalid, probably because you tacked on some "command line" options. I wasn't aware that windows explorer had any command line options. Yes, I think you should be able to use our bridge (Program Links) feature to open a windows folder. How are the folders named?

[scottmanis]

The files are named according to LNameFNamePatientID in the A-Z Folders within OpenDentImages.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/152457 is where the command line options for windows explorer can be found.


Is there a simpler/alternative way to go about accessing a particular patients file than what I am attempting?


Thank you for your continued help.

[scottmanis]

As another update: I have succeeded in getting the command line options to work, but when it comes to accessing the specific A-Z folder for the particular patient I am at somewhat of a loss. What would it take to get just the first letter of the patient's last name parsed for a command line argument?

[jordansparks]

It would be easy for us. If you want, we can put it in 12.3, which I think we'll release tomorrow.

[scottmanis]

That would certainly male life easier for me! Thank you, it is good to be working with an actively developed system.

[jordansparks]

OK, it was added. Looks like it will be in 12.3.1 tomorrow morning. But early beta versions can be a bit touchy. Maybe give it a few days before using it in a live environment.