ESRM 250/CFR 520 Autumn 2009 Phil Hurvitz Hyperlinking ESRM 250/CFR 520 Autumn 2009 Phil Hurvitz 1 of 14

Hyperlinking What are hyperlinks How hyperlinks work Overview Hyperlinking What are hyperlinks How hyperlinks work Setting up a layer for hyperlinks Preparing disk files for hyperlinks Using hyperlinks 2 of 14

Hyperlinking What are hyperlinks How hyperlinks work Overview Hyperlinking What are hyperlinks How hyperlinks work Setting up a layer for hyperlinks Preparing disk files for hyperlinks Using hyperlinks 3 of 14

Hyperlinks associate features with other objects Other objects can be: What are hyperlinks Hyperlinks associate features with other objects Other objects can be: Images ArcMap documents Files/applications Associated objects/applications are launched when features are clicked 4 of 14

Hyperlink example When a feature is clicked, a predetermined action occurs (e.g., a picture is opened) 5 of 14

Hyperlinking What are hyperlinks How hyperlinks work Overview Hyperlinking What are hyperlinks How hyperlinks work Setting up a layer for hyperlinks Preparing disk files for hyperlinks Using hyperlinks 3 of 14

Feature attributes contain a text string representing an object How hyperlinks work Feature attributes contain a text string representing an object Image pathname ArcMap document pathname Application pathname/file pathname Attribute string is passed to OS and application associated with file is spawned 7 of 14

Hyperlinking What are hyperlinks How hyperlinks work Overview Hyperlinking What are hyperlinks How hyperlinks work Setting up a layer for hyperlinks Preparing disk files for hyperlinks Using hyperlinks 3 of 14

Setting up a layer for hyperlinks Layer properties must be altered hyperlink option hyperlink field how to handle text in attribute 9 of 14

Setting up a layer for hyperlinks Hyperlink field must be altered to contain string to be passed to system Most time consuming part of setting up hyperlinks 10 of 14

Hyperlinking What are hyperlinks How hyperlinks work Overview Hyperlinking What are hyperlinks How hyperlinks work Setting up a layer for hyperlinks Preparing disk files for hyperlinks Using hyperlinks 3 of 14

Preparing disk files for hyperlinks Disk files must exist; pathnames must match attribute table values 12 of 14

Hyperlinking What are hyperlinks How hyperlinks work Overview Hyperlinking What are hyperlinks How hyperlinks work Setting up a layer for hyperlinks Preparing disk files for hyperlinks Using hyperlinks 3 of 14

The link action is initiated Using hyperlinks Click linked features The link action is initiated hyperlink tool 14 of 14