Hyperlinking multiple PDFs to multiple points using ArcMap

Question

I would like to hyperlink a PDF to a point. Each point will have a link to a different PDF. So far it seems that I can do it one by one.

Is there a quicker way of doing it?

We're using ArcMap.

Answer 1

The way I have done it in ArcMap is the following (note that it may be a little different if you are using an older version, I am using 10.0).

• In your attribute table add a field with the absolute path to the PDF files (ie: c:\Temp\PDFs\Document1.pdf)
• With the shapefile you want to use as the linking file allow hyperlinking according to a field
  • Open the properties of the file
  • Go to Display
  • Check Support Hyperlinks using field
  • Choose the field that stores the absolute path to the pdf
  • Click OK
• To access the PDFs from the hyperlink field you will want to use the Hyperlink button (the lightning bolt)

Answer 2

The software will be very important to know. Here are two posts that explain how to do something very simular as Actions in QGIS.

Hyperlinking in QGIS - Add Data to current window

Hyperlinking to PostGIS Layers and Zip files with QGIS Actions