[Rendering] Needing the ability to manipulate a URL in the markdown hyperlink

Target Platform

Please list the platform(s) that your application is targeting and remove platforms you are not targeting:

• Microsoft Search

Target Application

Search Layout Designer

Problem Description

When presented with a url in a Microsoft Search result that came from a fileshare Graph Connector, the URL comes into the card in the form of:

\searchserver\Share\department\legal\project\DrawingsSpecifications.xlsx

However, the URL in order to be clickable in a browser needs to be manipulated to some other form, namely:

ms-excel:ofv|u|file:/accessserver/Share/department/legal/project/DrawingsSpecifications.xlsx

That can be performed using the following function:

${concat(\"ms-excel:ofv|u|file:/\",replace(replace(url,'\\\\','/'),'searchserver','accessserver'))}

However that doesn’t seem to be able to be used within a markdown link expression in a textbox.

Card JSON

{
    "type": "AdaptiveCard",
    "version": "1.3",
    "body": [
        {
            "type": "ColumnSet",
            "columns": [
                {
                    "type": "Column",
                    "width": "auto",
                    "items": [
                        {
                            "type": "Image",
                            "url": "https://img.icons8.com/color/452/microsoft-excel-2019--v1.png",
                            "altText": "Thumbnail image",
                            "horizontalAlignment": "Center",
                            "size": "Small",
                            "isVisible": false
                        }
                    ],
                    "horizontalAlignment": "Center"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Column",
                    "width": 10,
                    "items": [
                        {
                            "type": "TextBlock",
                            "text": "[${$root.title}](${concat(\"ms-excel:ofv|u|file:/\",replace(replace(url,'\\\\','/'),'searchserver','accessserver'))})",
                            "weight": "Bolder",
                            "color": "Accent",
                            "size": "Medium",
                            "$when": "",
                            "maxLines": 2,
                            "wrap": true
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "TextBlock",
                            "text": "${concat(\"ms-excel:ofv|u|file:/\",replace(replace(url,'\\\\','/'),'searchserver','accessserver'))}",
                            "spacing": "Small",
                            "$when": "",
                            "maxLines": 3
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "ColumnSet",
                            "columns": [
                                {
                                    "type": "Column",
                                    "width": "stretch",
                                    "items": [
                                        {
                                            "type": "TextBlock",
                                            "text": "${$root.lastModifiedBy}",
                                            "color": "Accent",
                                            "size": "Medium",
                                            "$when": "",
                                            "maxLines": 3,
                                            "weight": "Bolder"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "type": "TextBlock",
                                            "text": "${$root.modifiedDateTime}",
                                            "spacing": "Small",
                                            "$when": "",
                                            "weight": "Bolder",
                                            "maxLines": 3
                                        }
                                    ],
                                    "$when": ""
                                },
                                {
                                    "type": "Column",
                                    "width": "stretch",
                                    "items": [
                                        {
                                            "type": "TextBlock",
                                            "text": "${$root.createdBy}",
                                            "color": "Accent",
                                            "size": "Medium",
                                            "weight": "Bolder",
                                            "$when": "",
                                            "maxLines": 3
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "type": "TextBlock",
                                            "text": "${$root.createdDateTime}",
                                            "spacing": "Small",
                                            "$when": "",
                                            "weight": "Bolder",
                                            "maxLines": 3
                                        }
                                    ],
                                    "$when": "",
                                    "spacing": "Large"
                                },
                                {
                                    "type": "Column",
                                    "width": "stretch",
                                    "items": [
                                        {
                                            "type": "TextBlock",
                                            "text": "Extension",
                                            "color": "Accent",
                                            "size": "Medium",
                                            "weight": "Bolder",
                                            "$when": "",
                                            "maxLines": 3
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "type": "TextBlock",
                                            "text": "${$root.extension}",
                                            "spacing": "Small",
                                            "$when": "",
                                            "weight": "Bolder",
                                            "maxLines": 3
                                        }
                                    ],
                                    "$when": "",
                                    "spacing": "Large"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ],
                    "spacing": "Medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "$schema": "http://adaptivecards.io/schemas/adaptive-card.json"
}

Version of SDK

What version are you using? Ex: NuGet 1.0.2, or latest main, etc…

[HaSamb]

Interesting… I also coming across the same issue that MS-Search fileshare links are not clickable/working correctly. Are they already plans when the fix will be implemented?

[paulcam206]

Addressing this issue is not currently on our roadmap, so closing. Please feel free to continue the conversation in this issue for future consideration.