Hyperlinks in attribute values and tables

[Anonymous]

Hey guys,

I've been going through older posts with not too much luck. Using C# (VS2010, Acad2012) i've created a block, imported it, given it the required attibute tags and values, and then created an array out of this block for a total of "x" identical blocks for our purposes. As these blocks are desigend to represent real-world products, is there any way that one of my attribute values can reflect a hyperlink to the manufacturers datasheet?

So essentially

Product Info http://www.google.ca/testproduct.pdf

Also, one of my functions lists all of the blocks in the current drawing and tallys them up and drops them into a table where it reports the block name, details, and quantity. I would also like this block name to be a hyperlink as well...is this doable?

Cheers

Vince

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AttributeDefinition attDef15 = new AttributeDefinition(new Point3d(0d, 0d, 0d), productinfo, "Web Link", "", db.Textstyle);
                    attDef12.Invisible = true;

[adam.nagy]

Hi,

You could add a hyperlink to each block reference. The same that you can achieve in the user interface using the HYPERLINK command. With that you can assign a URL to any entity (inc. a block reference) so that if the user hovers above the entity then information with the URL will come up, and if the user presses Ctrl+Click, then the browser comes up with the given URL.

Actually, what you asked should also be possible, i.e. to set an attribute reference's value to a URL, by including a field type called hypertext, e.g. like

%<\AcVar \href "http://www.autodesk.com##www.autodesk.com#0">%

There, again, the user could just click on the attribute text and get to the given website.

I hope this helps.

Adam Nagy

Autodesk Developer Network

[Anonymous]

Great thanks adam. I've been trying however no luck though, is my hyperlink a string value?

for example:

string url = "%<\AcVar \href "http://www.autodesk.com##www.autodesk.com#0">%"

or is there another way to do this. The first set of quotes encompassing the link tends to throw things off.

Cheers

Vince

[Alexander.Rivilis]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Great thanks adam. I've been trying however no luck though, is my hyperlink a string value?

for example:

string url = "%<\AcVar \href "http://www.autodesk.com##www.autodesk.com#0">%"

or is there another way to do this. The first set of quotes encompassing the link tends to throw things off.

Cheers

Vince

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Maybe like this:

string url = "%<\\AcVar \\href \"http://www.autodesk.com##www.autodesk.com#0\">%";

[Anonymous]

Thanks Alexander. When i do this, the URL shows up in my properties window but is not clickable...is this normal?

Cheers

Vince

[Alexander.Rivilis]

What about Ctrl+Left Mouse Button click on attribute in drawing?

[Anonymous]

That doesn't seem to be working...It seems as though the hyperlink isn't being treated any differently than any other attribute. I can click it, select it, etc....but it doens't behave as a hyperlink, just as a standard attribute. 

[fieldguy]

Try the attached.  It needs to be inserted into some drawing.

[Anonymous]

Thanks fieldguy...so that does work...but i think i'm just explaining this badly...What i'm trying to do is get the attribute value that shows up in the property window to be clickable. I know how to create hyperlinks in the drawing itself, but is it possible to make an attribute value a hyperlink? So that way if i click a filter for instance, the model number, size, etc, all pop up as attributes in the properties window, and then i have a hyperlink there that links directly to the manufacturers datasheet

Cheers

Vince