UNC vs. Absolute file paths for image popups

[LaneHartman]

I've got an ArcView license so I don't have the attachment capability that is in the ArcEditor license.  By trial and error I've been able to put the UNC path of an image in a field for my features and that works fine unless the local drive is not shared on a network.  We have ArcExplorer on some laptops and we would like to have the popups work away from the network.  All of the laptops have the images loaded on them.  I've tried to use absolute paths, but those don't come up as hyperlinks in the popups like a UNC path does.  Does anyone have any suggestions for using relative or absolute paths? or any other ideas?  Thanks.

[MichaelBranscomb]

Lane,

You could try sharing the folder with the images on the laptop. Easiest way to do this is probably:

1. Create a text file and add something like the following:
net share ShareName=C:\FolderYouWantToShare
(for more info see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490712.aspx)
3. Then rename the text file to <something>.cmd
4. Add the .cmd file to the startup folder on the laptop

Then the image paths will be \\ShareName\WhereverYourImagesAre\Blah.jpg

Regards

Mike

[LaneHartman]

Mike,

I must be missing something still.  I'm still not getting anything.  Here are some screenshots to show how I've set it up. ArcView.jpg shows ArcView with the feature attributes showing the image field and the popup with the image link.  The link with my Computer Name in it works of course, but the other one doesn't. The WinExplorer.jpg shows my directory layout and the .cmd file that I created in the Startup folder.

[LaneHartman]

Maybe the best way to do this is through html formatting tags.

<img alt="File" src="C:/ImageFolder/file.jpg" />

It works good for small images.  Just have to figure out a good way to populate 1000 fields with that string and the correct image name (which I have in another field).

[LaneHartman]

Is there a way to modify the following portion of an xsl stylesheet for the popups to have it open a new window when a link to a pdf doc is clicked?

<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>