topic Re: Cannot open Attachment Manager in Editiing Mode in Data Management Questions

Cannot open Attachment Manager in Editiing Mode

AndreGrosse-Stoltenberg — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:49:10 GMT

We want to add photos to our feature classes. We added attachments in ArcCatalog. When we start the editing mode, and select a feature, we cannot open the Attachment manager:
The paper clip icon Open Attachments Manager just above the grid of attribute values does not appear.
When we right-click the the feature, "Open Attachment Manager" stays grey, and we cannot select it.
Anybody knows why we cannot open the Attachment manager?
Thanks!

Re: Cannot open Attachment Manager in Editiing Mode

RudyCharlot — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:18:30 GMT

The file in which you are using for the attachment where is it located? Keep in mind, in order for attachment to work correctly the files have to be resided inside a Geodatabase. I hope I understood your question.

Best regards,
Rudy Charlot

Re: Cannot open Attachment Manager in Editiing Mode

MichaelVolz — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:12:13 GMT

What version of ArcGIS are you working in where the Attachment Manager will not open?

Re: Cannot open Attachment Manager in Editiing Mode

NidhinKarthikeyan — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 04:29:59 GMT

We want to add photos to our feature classes. We added attachments in ArcCatalog. When we start the editing mode, and select a feature, we cannot open the Attachment manager:
The paper clip icon Open Attachments Manager just above the grid of attribute values does not appear.
When we right-click the the feature, "Open Attachment Manager" stays grey, and we cannot select it.
Anybody knows why we cannot open the Attachment manager?
Thanks!

The tools in the Attachments toolset require an ArcGIS for Desktop Standard or Advanced license. Also make sure the attached files/data is stored in Geodatabase 10.0 or >. It shouldn't be prior 10.0 Geodatabase.

Re: Cannot open Attachment Manager in Editiing Mode

TuridBrox — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 09:47:10 GMT

This might not solve your problem, but make sure you don't try to open the attachment manager from the _ATTACH-table, but from the original feature class/table.