arcgis-10.0arcmaphyperlink
Is there a way to use relative paths (instead of absolute paths) in the "Hyperlink base" field in Map Document Properties for an ArcMap 10 map document?
(I have "Store relative pathnames to data sources" checked, but somehow I still can't use relative pathnames in Hyperlink base)
You can open a relative path. The path will be relative to the project's folder. If you want to check which is the project's folder path, just add an action with: explorer ., where . stands for the current folder.
To solve your problem, it dependes how do you store the relative path.
If your attribute values already starts with ., like .\GIS DataBase you simple add an action with:
explorer [% "PATH" %]
If your attribute values start with the folder or filename, simple add the string .\ before the actual path, like:
explorer ".\"[% "PATH" %]
If your features have labels you can highlight them in Acrobat using the text cursor, right click, choose "create link", choose to open in a web page, provide url.
Best Answer
Did you check the Making hyperlinks with relative paths link in the help file? Are the hyperlinks truly relative to the location of your *.mxd?