-HYPERLINK (Command)

From the Command prompt, inserts and removes hyperlinks from areas or to selected objects.

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.

List of Prompts

The following prompts are displayed.

Remove

Removes the hyperlink from the selected objects. If a selection set does not exist, you are prompted to create one.

Select objects

If the selection set contains more than one hyperlink, the hyperlinks that were found are listed at the Command prompt.

Number, hyperlink, or * for all

Enter one of the following:

• Number of hyperlinks to remove
• The path of the hyperlink to remove
• An asterisk (*) to remove all hyperlinks

The number of removed hyperlinks is displayed at the Command prompt.

Insert

Attaches a hyperlink to an object or an area.

Area

Defines a bounding rectangle and places it on a layer called URLLAYER. If this layer doesn't exist in the current drawing, it is created.

Note: To turn off the display of hyperlink bounding rectangles in the drawing area or in your drawing plots, you must freeze the URLLAYER layer.

• First corner. Specifies the start point of the rectangle that defines the area.
• Other corner. Specifies the opposite corner of the area.
• Hyperlink. Specifies the path to the file you want associated with the hyperlink. Enter the full path to a local file or the complete URL to an Internet file, or press Enter to create a hyperlink to a named view in the current drawing.
• Named location. Specifies a named location for the hyperlink, such as a view in a drawing or a bookmark in a word processing file.
• Description. Specifies a descriptive name for the hyperlink.

Object

Specifies graphical objects to attach the hyperlink to.

• Select objects. Select the objects to be associated with the hyperlink.
• Hyperlink. Specifies the path to the file you want associated with the hyperlink. Enter the full path to a local file or the complete URL to an Internet file, or press Enter to create a hyperlink to a named view in the current drawing.
• Named location. Specifies a named location for the hyperlink, such as a view in a drawing or a bookmark in a word processing file.
• Description. Specifies a descriptive name for the hyperlink.