Share shapefile with photos linked to a relative table

[DavidKarlsson]

Hi! 

I need to deliver some shapefiles to a customer with several photos for each feature linked to a relative table. Now to my problem: If I fill in the absolute filepath in the related table it works fine to open the photos in the popup window on my computer. But if i try to fill in a relative path I cant open the picture from the popup window even on my own computer and fore sure not when delivered to a customer.

The path that works looks like this: 

D:\ArcGISproject\Test\Photos\Ostra_Ringsjon_Lybybacken_Horbyan_BS_01_01.jpg

The relative that doesnt work looks like this:

\Photos\Ostra_Ringsjon_Lybybacken_Horbyan_BS_02_01.jpg

I have the photos and all content saved in the same project map. Does any of you have any suggestions how to deliver this to my customer with the links for the photolinks intact? I also have a photopointlayer that works fine to export and open on another disk, but the shapefiles with related table I dont know how to handle. 

Many thanks/David

[wizgis]

@DavidKarlsson 

Before we can troubleshoot this further may I know

• Are we working with shapefile or feature class
• Are we attaching the images through hyperlink or attachments
• What do we mean by relative table ? Like is it a separate table which is related to shapefile ?
• Also it would be great if you could share the workflow that you have followed with absolute path to display the images in the pop-up.