Is it possible to add multiple attachments or hyperlinks to a feature in ArcGIS?

RichardGeoghegan — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:50:36 GMT

I have a lot of records within the point feature for a project that I am working on. There are 3 particular image fields associated with these records. Each field contains a different image name for any given feature.

I tried creating hyperlinks and attachments but couldn't find a solution to retrieve data from more than one field.

Re: Is it possible to add multiple attachments or hyperlinks to a feature in ArcGIS?

MarkBockenhauer — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:31:07 GMT

If you are working within ArcMap you can use HTML popup properties on the layer with and XSL template to achieve what you desire.

Mark

Re: Is it possible to add multiple attachments or hyperlinks to a feature in ArcGIS?

RichardGeoghegan — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 23:53:22 GMT

Much appreciated for pointing this functionality out to me.

This seems ideal for what I want to achieve. Would you be able to offer any advice on how to write this code?

My unique identifier is

"Code"

My image fields are

"HOTLINK_NE"

"HOTLINK_O"

"HOTLINK_M"

Within each of these fields any given record contains an image name with the extension (.JPEG) or otherwise "n/a". These images are in a folder on my computers desktop.

Re: Is it possible to add multiple attachments or hyperlinks to a feature in ArcGIS?

MarkBockenhauer — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 03:24:06 GMT

Yes, I put an example here http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=1a4d6680918b461e9effbff413536c22

There are two layers, One shows a pattern for linking to the local file, the other shows the picture in the popup.

The example uses a picture named 'IMG_9822.JPG' The picture is located in the C:\Users\Public\Pictures folder on the computer.

I loaded the default XSL Template (click the Load button)

I then added this to the <xsl:template match = "Field"> section in the <xsl:choose> part.

Link to picture

<xsl:choose>
  <xsl:when test="FieldValue[contains(., '.JPG')]">
  <a target="_blank">
  <xsl:attribute name="href">file:///C:/Users/Public/Pictures/<xsl:value-of select="FieldValue"/>
  </xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:value-of select="FieldValue"/>
  </a>
</xsl:when>

Show picture in popup

<xsl:choose>
  <xsl:when test="FieldValue[contains(., '.JPG')]">


                  <img target="_blank">
  <xsl:attribute name="src">file:///C:/Users/Public/Pictures/<xsl:value-of select="FieldValue"/></xsl:attribute>
                  
                  <xsl:attribute name="width">450 </xsl:attribute>                 

  </img>
  </xsl:when>

Here is a copy of the whole template for the show picture in popup.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt">
  <xsl:variable name="ignoreFieldNames" select="'|OBJECTID|Shape|Shape_Length|Shape_Area|ATTACHMENTID|REL_OBJECTID|CONTENT_TYPE|ATT_NAME|DATA_SIZE|DATA|'"/>
  <xsl:variable name="headerRowColor" select="'#9CBCE2'"/>
  <xsl:variable name="alternateRowColor" select="'#D4E4F3'"/>
  <xsl:template match="/">
  <html>
  <head>
  <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
  </head>
  <body style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;overflow:auto;background:#FFFFFF;">
  <table style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Times;font-size:12px;text-align:left;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;padding:3px 3px 3px 3px">
  <tr style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;background:{$headerRowColor}">
  <td>
  <xsl:value-of select="FieldsDoc/Title" />
  </td>
  </tr>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="FieldsDoc/Attachments" />
  <tr>
  <td>
  <table style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Times;font-size:12px;text-align:left;width:100%;border-spacing:0px; padding:3px 3px 3px 3px">
  <xsl:choose>
  <xsl:when test="FieldsDoc/Fields/Field/FieldName">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="FieldsDoc/Fields/Field/FieldName[not(contains($ignoreFieldNames, concat(concat('|', text()), '|')))]/.." />
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:otherwise>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="FieldsDoc/Fields/Field" />
  </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
  </table>
  </td>
  </tr>
  </table>
  </body>
  </html>
  </xsl:template>


  <xsl:template match="Attachments">
  <xsl:variable name="imageCount" select="count(Attachment/ContentType[contains(., 'image')])"/>
  <xsl:variable name="attachmentCount" select="count(Attachment)"/>
  <tr bgcolor="{$headerRowColor}">
  <td>
  <table style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Times;font-size:12px;text-align:left;width:100%;border-spacing:0px; padding:3px 3px 3px 3px">
  <xsl:variable name="imageSrc" select="Attachment/ContentType[contains(., 'image')]/../FilePath"/>
  <xsl:if test="$imageSrc">
  <tr align="center">
  <td>
  <a target="_blank" href="{$imageSrc}">
  <img src="{$imageSrc}" width="275px" border="0"/>
  </a>
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="center">
  <td>
  <xsl:value-of select="Attachment/ContentType[contains(., 'image')]/../Name" />
  </td>
  </tr>
  </xsl:if>
  <xsl:if test="($attachmentCount &gt; $imageCount) or not($imageCount = 1)">
  <tr align="center">
  <td>
  <table style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Times;font-size:12px;text-align:left;width:100%;border-spacing:0px; padding:3px 3px 3px 3px">
  <xsl:for-each select="Attachment[position() mod 2 = 1]">
  <tr align="left" bgcolor="white">
  <xsl:if test="(position() +1) mod 2">
  <xsl:attribute name="bgcolor">
  <xsl:value-of select="$alternateRowColor"/>
  </xsl:attribute>
  </xsl:if>
  <td>
  <a target="_blank">
  <xsl:attribute name="href">
  <xsl:value-of select="FilePath"/>
  </xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:value-of select="Name" />
  </a>
  </td>
  <td>
  <a target="_blank">
  <xsl:attribute name="href">
  <xsl:value-of select="following-sibling::Attachment/FilePath"/>
  </xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:value-of select="following-sibling::Attachment/Name" />
  </a>
  </td>
  </tr>
  </xsl:for-each>
  </table>
  </td>
  </tr>
  </xsl:if>
  </table>
  </td>
  </tr>
  </xsl:template>


  <xsl:template match="Field">
  <tr>
  <xsl:if test="(position() +1) mod 2">
  <xsl:attribute name="bgcolor">
  <xsl:value-of select="$alternateRowColor"/>
  </xsl:attribute>
  </xsl:if>
  <xsl:if test="FieldName">
  <td>
  <xsl:value-of select="FieldName"/>
  </td>
  </xsl:if>
  <td>
  <xsl:choose>
  <xsl:when test="FieldValue[contains(., '.JPG')]">


                  <img target="_blank">
  <xsl:attribute name="src">file:///C:/Users/Public/Pictures/<xsl:value-of select="FieldValue"/></xsl:attribute>
                  
                  <xsl:attribute name="width">450 </xsl:attribute>                 

  </img>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test="FieldValue[starts-with(., 'http:')]">
  <a target="_blank">
  <xsl:attribute name="href">
  <xsl:value-of select="FieldValue"/>
  </xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:value-of select="FieldValue"/>
  </a>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test="FieldValue[starts-with(., 'https:')]">
  <a target="_blank">
  <xsl:attribute name="href">
  <xsl:value-of select="FieldValue"/>
  </xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:value-of select="FieldValue"/>
  </a>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test="FieldValue[starts-with(., '\\')]">
  <a target="_blank">
  <xsl:attribute name="href">
  <xsl:value-of select="FieldValue"/>
  </xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:value-of select="FieldValue"/>
  </a>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test="FieldValue[starts-with(., '&lt;img ')]">
  <xsl:value-of select="FieldValue" disable-output-escaping="yes" />
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:otherwise>
  <xsl:value-of select="FieldValue"/>
  </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
  </td>
  </tr>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

at line 117 you just need to set the path to the one that works for your case.

Mark

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