gvSIG-Desktop 1.1. Manual de usuario.

A link can be set up between a text, html or image file and a layer element in the properties window.

To provide a better idea of how the tool works, let us look at the following example. The aim is to link the image torreelectrica.jpg to a specific element:

Activate the view in the ToC.

Change the layer into editing mode (“Layer” menu then “Start edition”).

Open the table of attributes and edit the record you wish to create the link to. Write the path of the file you wish to link without its extension. Press “Enter” to save the modification made in the table.

Go to the “Hyperlink” table in the layer properties window and select the field the record is located in which will be used to create the hyperlink. Write the extension of the file you wish to link and whether it is an image file (gif, jpg, png) or a text file (at present gvSIG can only link plain text files (txt, rtf...). Html files can also be linked. In this case, write html in the “Extension” text box and select “Link to text files”.

When all the requirements have been selected, click on “Apply” and then on “Ok”.

Then go the view tool bar and click on the hyperlink button.

Select the view element that corresponds to the record which has the associated link and place the cursor over it. Click on the element. A window appears with the linked file.