How to Launch an External Link using MenuComponent navigation

[nduati]

Hello people,

How can i have one of the menuitems  launch an external URL link, rather than the normal App.ActiveScreen in my menu component. The below approach throws an error not unless i stick to App.Activescreen

Table(
  {
    MenuLabel: "Home",
    MenuIcon: Icon.Home,
    MenuScreenNavigate: App.ActiveScreen,
    MenuID: 1
  },
   {
    MenuLabel: "Document",
    MenuIcon: Icon.Document,
    MenuScreenNavigate: App.ActiveScreen,
    MenuID: 2
  }, {
    MenuLabel: "Reports",
    MenuIcon: Icon.Trending,
    MenuScreenNavigate: Launch("www.someurl.com"),
    MenuID: 3
  }
 )

My OnSelect property on the Click button and MenuIcons is set to Navigate(ThisItem.MenuScreenNavigate, ScreenTransition.Cover) which only works for App.ActiveScreen. Kindly help

[RandyHayes · Accepted solution]

@nduati 

You are mismatching datatypes.

Your MenuScreenNavigate is implied to be an App screen object.  Then later you try to set it to a Launch object (which is no datatype).

Either add a new column to your table records called something like LaunchTo: and set it to the url you want, or reconsider what you are doing with MenuScreenNavigate as you seem to have them just going to the active screen.

I hope this is helpful for you.