I have a point shapefile where each point has multiple hyperlink fields in its attribute table as per How to add multiple relative hyperlinks to single point in ArcGIS for Desktop with Basic level license? These hyperlinks are to photos stored locally.
Ideally I want to bundle up the map (shapefiles and all) and the photos and export them as a map package (*.mpk) so that the receiver can open it up and click on the hyperlinks in the shapefiles.
Is there any way of doing this? I know the map package export function has the option to include additional files but I am not sure how to get this to work for me.
Attachments are not an option, as my licence is Basic, and geodatabases or dynamic hyperlinks are not options as I need each point feature to link to multiple photos.
Best Answer
The solution was to include the photos as additional files when creating the map package, and setting the hyperlinks to the anticipated relative path (here it was ..\commondata\userdata, as discussed in the ArcMap help on laying out relative hyperlinks) in the extracted *.mpk folder.