What timing! I just got the new issue of ArcUser today and one of the articles is about just such a link tool, roll over pop-up and all.
http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0807/uraniumaps.html Larry On 10/10/07, Michaël Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >In Java is there a cross platform way to request the operating system > >open an appropriate application for a URL? If there is then we don't > >have to manage the mapping between types of URI and the applications to > >launch them. > > > > > There are also some new capabilities in java 6 (issued from jdic project) > http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2SE/Desktop/javase6/desktop_api/ > > Michaël > > >Paul > > > >Stefan Steiniger wrote: > > > > > >>Ohh.. Larry together with Paul you are really fighting about the > >>"programmer of the month" medal ;) > >> > >>i love your proposal! (even because you are a better programmer than i > >>am. > >> > >>it is quite nice that you simply ask your inhouse customers, and if > >>all scream "yeeeeess", you can get some time for a needed feature. > >> > >>stefan > >> > >>Larry Becker schrieb: > >> > >> > >>>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. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>************************** > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ___________________________________ > >>>>L'email della prossima generazione? Puoi averla con la nuova Yahoo! > >>>>Mail: http://it.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > >>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>jump-users mailing list > >>>>[email protected] > >>>>http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>jump-users mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users > >> > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >jump-users mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > jump-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users > -- http://amusingprogrammer.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ jump-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users
