HP Netsight manual Creating an Object Link, Adding an Object Package

Creating Network Maps

Figure 6-33. Sample Insert Object Window (Create From File Selected)

b.If you wish to link the existing object, be sure to select the Link option before placing the object in your map (see the following section for details), or click OK to embed the object in your map.

Creating an Object Link

If you wish to create a linked object, you must first create the object using its native application, save it as an independent file, then use the process described above to select the independent file as an object. Once you have selected the file you want to link, you must be sure to select the Link option in the Insert Object window (Figure 6-33) before closing the window. If you do not select the Link option when first placing the object, the object will be embedded, and you cannot change an embedded object to a linked object once it has been placed.

You can view information about your linked objects, change the source file for a linked

TIP object, and break the link to an object (making it a static map element) via the Links window; see Updating a Link, page 6-54.

Adding an Object Package

To add an Object Package to your map, make sure Package is selected in the Object Type panel, and then:

1.Click to select Create New.

2.Click OK. The Microsoft Windows Packager application will initialize, with a window in which to create a new package to be embedded into the map. The title bar of the Package window will read “Object Packager: Package in XXX Map” (see Figure 6-34).

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