Setting Up Linked Documents and Tooltips

Enable your users to view documents and tooltips associated with map features. For more information, see Building Text Expressions.

To specify a linked document

1. Open the layer to edit by doing one of the following:
   • Create a new layer.
   • Double-click an existing layer.
   • Click the layer’s tab if the layer is already open.

   For information about creating a new layer, see Creating New Resources. For information about associating a data resource with a new layer, see Specifying the Data Resource for a Layer.

2. In the Settings pane of the Layer Editor, in the Feature Data Setup area, for URL Activated For Feature, click […].
3. Use the Text Expression dialog box to specify the URL to use for the linked document.

   For more information, see Building Text Expressions.

4. Click File menu Save.

To specify a tooltip

1. Open the layer to edit by doing one of the following:
   • Create a new layer.
   • Double-click an existing layer.
   • Click the layer’s tab if the layer is already open.

   For information about creating a new layer, see Creating New Resources. For information about associating a data resource with a new layer, see Specifying the Data Resource for a Layer.

2. In the Settings pane of the Layer Editor, in the Feature Data Setup area, for Tooltip Displayed For Feature, click […].
3. Use the Text Expression dialog box to specify the text to use for the tooltip.

   For more information, see Building Text Expressions.

   To display multi-line tooltips, insert the backslash character followed by the n character (\n) where you want line breaks. For example, 123 Main St\nParcel 2115.

4. Click File menu Save.