Hyperlinks in ArcGIS Explorer

[srikanthmatta]

Hello
I have created a feature class in a geodatabase. and for each feature I defined a hyperlink (eg. C:\xyz\abc.pdf).  It works fine in ArcMap. But when I add this to ArcGIS explorer the path is popping up as just a string.  Is there something I am missing for the path to show up as hyperlink?

Thanks
Srikanth

[MarkBockenhauer]

Srikanth,

You are not missing anything.  The popup window does not automatically show file paths as links. In the popup properties you could choose to "use the value of a field as popup content" to see the PDF file when you click the feature.

Keep in mind that anything you author that relies on a drive letter file path will only be useable on your computer, or another computer that duplicates the folder structure that you have on yours.

Mark

[shanybenj]

Mark,

How can I set the hyperlinks for a parcels map to open PDF documents when the user clicks the features in ArcGis explorer?

Thanks,

Shany

[AdamRepsher]

Mark,

How can I set the hyperlinks for a parcels map to open PDF documents when the user clicks the features in ArcGis explorer?

Thanks,

Shany

I believe that you have to either begin your link with "file" as in:  "file:///C:/abc/xyz.pdf"
OR
Use the machine name: "\\yourmachinename\C$\abc\xyz.pdf"
That would also work for network shared drives -- so if your organization has a drive which everyone shares, you can store the document there and everyone could access it through ArcExplorer.

Thanks!
--Adam

EDIT:  I forgot one thing.  If you organize the documents into a clear filing structure, you can create a field in your parcels data and do a field calculation to get the link (in ArcMap).  In my situation, I have "sites" with a specific SiteID.  That attributes is in my point feature class.

Our shared drive would then contain a folder structure specifically for PDF documents related to those sites:  ...\SitePDF\[SiteID].pdf

So, if I had one PDF I wanted to show for each site and the name of the PDF was the SiteID, I would utilize the Field Calculator to populate my Links column.  The VB would read:

"\\myserverORmymachine\Drive$\SitePDF\" & [SiteID] & ".pdf"

...which would generate this:  \\myservername\Drive$\SitePDF\AD999.pdf
and would change for every Site in the Feature Class.
for example - the next one would be:  \\myservername\Drive$\SitePDF\AE001.pdf

Hope this helps!
--Adam

[RalphTibiletti]

Hello
I have created a feature class in a geodatabase. and for each feature I defined a hyperlink (eg. C:\xyz\abc.pdf).  It works fine in ArcMap. But when I add this to ArcGIS explorer the path is popping up as just a string.  Is there something I am missing for the path to show up as hyperlink?

Thanks
Srikanth

I have had that problem if I have "  " marks enclosing the path.  When I removed them it worked fine.

R.T.