I would introduce a new attribute type. while the object type would
actually be a string.
We then need to adjust the writers, so that they write it as string
(e.g. when exporting to shp).
stefan
Michaël Michaud schrieb:
Hi,
Excellent news Larry,
I think this feature will be welcome by many users.
I did not understand if JUMP_LINKS will be a special AttributeType or a
special Attribute name.
As an alternative the link cursor tool could scan all string attributes
of the flyed over feature and search for a value matching an url pattern.
I don't know how high the performance penalty would be. It could be more
easy to use (nothing special to declare for the user).
Not sure it is a good idea. Just an idea I submit to your programmer's
wisdom.
Michaël
PS : any technical reason to limit the capability to point features ?
Larry Becker a écrit :
I talked to our internal SkyJUMP users and they were excited about the
capability to get picture links on the map, so perhaps I can justify a
few hours of work time on the project.
Here are some ideas:
1. Use a URL stored in an attribute (ex: JUMP_LINK) to specify the
link target. JUMP_LINKS will work only on point features.
2. JUMP_LINK points could be styled with a special icon so the user
can find them.
3. A Link cursor tool could be put on the toolbar. It would activate
the link when a JUMP_LINK point is clicked.
4. The tool would probably just launch a web browser window to
display the link. This would work for documents of most common types
like pictures, html, pdf, and others.
5. For some special document types like jpeg that can be easily
handled by Java, the tool could generate a preview when the Link tool
hovers over a JUMP_LINK (as the Vista Taskbar does).
comments?
Larry Becker
On 10/10/07, Giuseppe Aruta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--- Larry Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto:
Hi Larry,
and thanks for the explanation.
I think Stefan was talking about storing an http
hyperlink in a
feature attribute. Making a hyperlink cursor tool
that looks for this
hyperlink attribute and launches a web browser
window when the feature
is clicked is not too difficult. It might take me a
day or two.
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The tool would basically look at the text inside the
link attribute
and launch the appropriate program based on the
data. For instance,
it could launch a picture viewer if the link
attribute contained the
path to a jpeg.
Is this what you envisioned?
I was really think about this kind of tool. This is
an old Ravi's question that I put forward. I also
think it would be usefull for many kinds of userd
(geologists, foresters, etc) who works a lot with
photoes.
Peppe
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