How to dynamic modify MenuItem custom action in SharePoint-hosted app

Question

There is a MenuItem custom action in SharePoint-hosted app,
<UrlAction Url="OtherServerURL/Default.aspx?SPListItemId={ItemId}&amp;SPListId={ListId}" />
the OtherServerURl in urlaction is not a sharepiont server and it may be changed yet.
My question:
I known there is no tokens like "OtherServerURl " that can be used at the beginning of a Url.
Is there any good solution to achieve above needs. Can I use custom properties or feature properties in MenuItem custom action? if yes,how can i access or modify those properties?

Answer 1

Hi,

We can create a custom ASP.NET page e.g. ApplPage1.aspx and then let user navigate to this page like this,

<UrlAction Url="_layouts/TestProject/ApplPage1.aspx">

Now in your Page.Load event of ApplPage1.aspx, we can use If/else or switch statement to navigate user to website you want to navigate him.

Here is a similar thread for your reference:

http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/55426/custom-action-with-dynamic-urlaction

More information:

http://weblogs.asp.net/jan/using-the-current-page-url-in-the-urlaction-of-a-sharepoint-feature  

Best regards

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Dennis Guo
TechNet Community Support

Answer 2

Thank you Dennis, your suggetion is a solution for me.