Documents and hyperlinks
You can use document and hyperlink fields to include documents, or links to other iBase records, in your database. When you are editing records, you can load documents or add links to them. When you are not editing, you can access the documents or records.
About this task
Document fields are used to store documents in a record in the database. The document is represented on charts by its icon. You add a document to the database by loading it using a Document type field.
Common document types include:
| Type | File extension |
| Microsoft™ Word document | .doc |
| File format that many word-processing programs understand | .rtf |
| Text document (no formatting) | .txt |
| Microsoft Excel spreadsheet | .xls |
When a document is loaded, you can open the file, save a copy, or delete it from the record. Although the contents of documents can be added to the search 360 index, you cannot search on Document type fields by using the Find or Select options.
To load a graphic to represent an entity on a chart, use a picture type field instead.