How to Populate the "Web Address" & "Description" fields separately

Question

I have created a workflow with SPD that takes the data typed by the staff and then populate a "Hyperlink or Picture" column. This is working fine except the variable populates both the "Web Address" & "Description" fields.

How do I set the WF to populate each field separately?

Details
I ask staff to fill a field call Windows Logon.
I then use this data to populate a field called Photo which uses an UNC in a variable + [Windows Logon]+.png to give the full path to their photos.

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Answer 1

I guess the real question is why you aren't using the Profile Store for the photo.  Are you running WSS or MOSS?

M.

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Answer 2

We are running WSS 3.0.

Is there a better way to accomplish this?

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Answer 3

You have to use the proper syntax to populate the description and web address separately.  I do this frequently by populating my Hyperlink fields with SPD workflows.  Off the top of my head, the syntax is something like <web address>, <description> (value then comma then space then value).

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Answer 4

No, you're probably doing the right thing with WSS.  If you had MOSS, you'd be reinventing the wheel a bit.

Clayton's got you covered below.

M.

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Answer 5

Btw, I had written semicolon, but it's comma as the separator.

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