How do I make a hotspot link to a PDF or other nonimage data?

[Robert Dampier]

How do I make a hotspot link to a PDF or other nonimage data?

by Robert Dampier » Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:54 pm

I am using Autopano Tour to create a way of tagging important data inside the pano, My problem is that I can't seem to find a way of linking PDF's or other non-image data.
Being able to link PDF's that are blue prints, to have a hot spot that opens a PDF document would be great, only as of yet I have not been able to do so.
I have had advise telling me that this is possible but I have not seen any documentation showing how this is done.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!

[gkaefer]

by gkaefer » Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:25 pm

I am using Autopano Tour to create a way of tagging important data inside the pano, My problem is that I can't seem to find a way of linking PDF's or other non-image data.
Being able to link PDF's that are blue prints, to have a hot spot that opens a PDF document would be great, only as of yet I have not been able to do so.
I have had advise telling me that this is possible but I have not seen any documentation showing how this is done.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!

??? you mean placing a hotspot and clicking on that hotspot opens the linked pdf?
something like this:
http://www.burgspiele-salzburg.at/Galerie/Panorama/panos-guenther/pano-01/pano-01.html
click on the hotspot in the mirror...

this is done with APT 1.1.0beta7
adding point hotspot in hotspot editor
and in hotspot properties Link->URL I placed the link to pdf, in this case test I took auto pano pdf manual via ftp link...

hotspots can be individually adopted:
see my example in the resource wiki...:
http://www.autopano.net/wiki-en/action/view/APT_resources_hotspots

PS: and with krpano unlimited domain license you've access to the xml files, than you can edit xmls individually:
http://www.krpano.com/docu/xml/#hotspot


Liebe Gruesse,
Georg

Last edited by gkaefer on Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:28 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[mediavets]

by mediavets » Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:40 pm

I am using Autopano Tour to create a way of tagging important data inside the pano, My problem is that I can't seem to find a way of linking PDF's or other non-image data.
Being able to link PDF's that are blue prints, to have a hot spot that opens a PDF document would be great, only as of yet I have not been able to do so.
I have had advise telling me that this is possible but I have not seen any documentation showing how this is done.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!

Specify the PDF file as the target of a URL link for a point hotspot - here's a simple example, two point hotspots, one links to a Web page the other to a PDF file:
http://www.three60views.org.uk/hotspotpdf/hotspot-test-05.html

Is this what you are trying to do?

Screenshot shows the syntax of the URL.

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[Robert Dampier]

by Robert Dampier » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:26 pm

Thanks for the advise that was quick, it worked perfectly for me, I got the pdf to link.

[pirpana]

by pirpana » Wed May 05, 2010 10:35 am

Hello!
I've been using Autopano Giga and Autopano tour for a while, but just registered... I have the same problem and the instructions are sure simple. But the hotspot link doesn't work. My version of Tour is 1.1.0 beta 7

[Adrien F]

by Adrien F » Wed May 05, 2010 11:04 am

What exactly is the problem?

[pirpana]

by pirpana » Thu May 06, 2010 8:48 am

I have inserted the hotspot and linked it to a pdf file that is publically available in the internet using the URL row and address like http://www.someurl.com/somefile.pdf (no tags)
When I make the swf file, the link is there, but nothing happens when I click it.

[wlidha]

by wlidha » Thu May 06, 2010 10:16 am

I have inserted the hotspot and linked it to a pdf file that is publically available in the internet using the URL row and address like http://www.someurl.com/somefile.pdf (no tags)
When I make the swf file, the link is there, but nothing happens when I click it.

can you make a test: use directly your browser to open the file,(putting the adress of the PDF file on the adressbar of your browser)
if the PDF dont load, probably you have a problem with the file, the adress or your configuration (PDF reader not installed or not associated with the browser).

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[mediavets]

by mediavets » Thu May 06, 2010 10:53 am

I have inserted the hotspot and linked it to a pdf file that is publically available in the internet using the URL row and address like http://www.someurl.com/somefile.pdf (no tags)
When I make the swf file, the link is there, but nothing happens when I click it.

My experience is that it may not work if you run the tour on your PC locally but it should work when you put the tour on-line.

Last edited by mediavets on Thu May 06, 2010 10:53 am, edited 1 time in total.

[pirpana]

by pirpana » Thu May 06, 2010 11:02 am

Ok, that may be the problem as the pdf opens from the URL online. Thanks.

[jackquil36]

by jackquil36 » Sat May 15, 2010 12:47 pm

thanks mediavets it solved my problem too