HYPERLINK (Command)

Attaches a hyperlink to an object or modifies an existing hyperlink.

Find

Hyperlinks in a drawing provide jumps to associated files. For example, a hyperlink can launch a word processing program and open a specified file, another hyperlink can launch a web browser and display a specified web page.

If you enter -HYPERLINK at the Command prompt, options are displayed, including an option to define an area to associate with a hyperlink.

Note: If there’s any doubt about the origin of a drawing that contains hyperlinks, use the HYPERLINK command on each linked object to display the URL link. For inserted blocks, the URLs are located within each block definition. In that case, open the block editor and use the HYPERLINK command on each object. This will verify the URL links.

The following prompts are displayed.

Select objects

Selects the object that will have the hyperlink attachment.

One of the following dialog boxes is displayed:

• Insert Hyperlink dialog box (for graphical objects that do not already contain hyperlinks)
• Edit Hyperlink dialog box (for graphical objects that already contain hyperlinks)

After you insert a hyperlink, the hyperlink icon is displayed when you move the cursor over the attached object. To open the hyperlink, right-click the selected object and choose Hyperlink. The PICKFIRST system variable must be set to 1 to open files associated with hyperlinks.