Select Hyperlinks from the diagram context menu to create, view, remove, and browse hyperlinks.
Use the following techniques to create a hyperlink:
- Create a hyperlink to an existing diagram or element
- Сreate a hyperlink to a new diagram
- Сreate a hyperlink to an external URL or file
- Browse hyperlinks
- Remove a hyperlink
To create a hyperlink to an existing diagram or element:
- Open an existing diagram or create a new diagram from which to create the hyperlink.
- Select the element that you want to link to another diagram or element.
- To link the entire diagram, click the diagram background to deselect all elements.
Note: Do not select the actual namespace in the Model View
to create a hyperlink. Rather, expand the namespace node, and select the desired diagram.
- Right-click and choose HyperlinksEdit. The Edit Hyperlinks dialog window (Selection Manager) opens.
- Select the Model Elements tab to view the pane containing a tree view of the available project contents in the Solution.
- Select the desired diagram or element from the list, and click Add.
- For element selection, expand diagram nodes in the Model Elements tab.
- To remove an element from the selected list, select the element and click Remove.
- Click OK to close the dialog box and create the link.
To create a hyperlink to a new diagram:
- Open a diagram in the Diagram View, or select it in the Model View.
- On the context menu, choose HyperlinksTo New Diagram.
- In the Add New Diagram dialog box, select the diagram type, enter the diagram name and click OK.
To create a hyperlink to an external URL or file:
- Open an existing diagram or create a new diagram from which to create the hyperlink.
- Select the element that you wish to link to the external document. To link the entire diagram, click the diagram background to deselect all elements.
- Right-click and choose HyperlinksEdit. The Edit Hyperlinks dialog box opens.
- Select the External Documents tab to view the Recently used Documents list which contains a list of previously selected files or URLs.
- To add a file to the Recently used Documents list:
- Click Browse. The Open file dialog box opens.
- Navigate to the desired file and click Open.
- To add a URL to the Recently used Documents list:
- Click URL.
- In the dialog box that opens, enter the appropriate URL and click OK.
Tip: You can create a hyperlink to an external document by entering a relative URL path.
- To remove an element from the selected list, select the element and click Remove.
- To clear the Recently used Documents list, click Clear.
Note: Items added to the Recently used Documents list are not specific to a single project or project group
.
- Click OK to close the dialog box and create the link.
To browse hyperlinks:
- To view hyperlinks to a diagram, element or external document, right-click on the diagram background or element, and choose Hyperlinks from the context menu. All hyperlinks created appear under the Hyperlinks submenu. On a diagram, all names of diagram elements that are hyperlinked are displayed in blue font. When you select a link from the submenu, the respective element appears selected in the Diagram View.
- Once you have defined hyperlinks for a selected diagram or element, use the context menus to browse to the linked resources.
Note: Browsing to a linked diagram opens it in the Diagram View
or makes it the current diagram if already open. Browsing to a linked element causes its parent diagram to open or become current, and the diagram scrolls to the linked element and selects it.
To remove a hyperlink:
- Open the diagram that displays the link you want to remove.
- Choose HyperlinksEdit from the diagram or element context menu. The Edit Hyperlinks dialog box opens.
- In the selected list on the right of the dialog, click the hyperlink that you wish to remove.
- Click Remove.
- Click OK to close the dialog box.
Note: To remove a hyperlink from a specific element, select the element first. Then choose Hyperlinks->Edit
on the context menu.