3.5.1                   PDF Export with Hyperlinks

On creating PDF files using the Smart PDF assistant, you can now add hyperlinks. That way, you can link from an object on the PDF diagram to, for instance, the homepage of a manufacturer.

For that purpose, save the required hyperlinks at your objects and enable the functionality in the Smart PDF options. Specifically, the following actions must be taken: 

You have the following options to transfer a hyperlink:

·            The entire hyperlink is saved at an object. The attribute that is filled with this hyperlink must be entered into the Formula field of the Hyperlink in Smart PDF attribute. Hyperlinks to be transferred must be saved in this attribute at all objects.

·            Only a variable part of the hyperlink is saved at an object (e.g. in the “Manufacturer” attribute AID = 10060). In the Formula field of the Hyperlink in Smart PDF attribute, the hyperlink must then be formed via a formula. The variable part of the hyperlink must be saved in this attribute at all objects.

For instance, the following formula has to be entered if the homepage of a manufacturer is to be linked: "www.";A10060;".com";.

You can activate the hyperlink functionality of the Smart PDF assistant in the Advanced dialog on the Add hyperlinks tab. On that tab, you can also select the device types for which the hyperlinks stored at the objects are to be transferred to the PDF file.

After the creation of the PDF files, the hyperlinks are displayed as tooltips at the objects on the sheets, and they can be opened via a double click.