In Numbers 08 is it possible to add a link to a file on the local disc within a cell?

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In Numbers 08 is it possible to add a link to a file on the local disc within a cell?

Answer 1

As it's a feature asked several times, maybe it will be available in the next version.
I don't know features available in Excel.
Sometimes ago I posted an AppleScript which may perhaps fit your needs.
If you insert in a table pathnames of files stored in your HD, select the cell, trigger the script, open the file.
Here is an updated version :
--[SCRIPT open_a_file]
Enregistrer le script en tant que Script : open_a_file.scpt
déplacer le fichier ainsi créé dans le dossier
<VolumeDeDémarrage>:Utilisateurs:<votreCompte>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numb ers:
Il vous faudra peut-être créer le dossier Numbers et peut-être même le dossier Applications.
Sélectionner la cellule contenant le chemin d'accès
Aller au menu Scripts , choisir Numbers puis choisir  “open_a_file”
ouvre le fichier.
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L'aide du Finder explique:
L'Utilitaire AppleScript permet d'activer le Menu des scripts :
Ouvrez l'Utilitaire AppleScript situé dans le dossier Applications/AppleScript.
Cochez la case "Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre de menus".
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Save the script as a Script: open_a_file.scpt
Move the newly created file into the folder:
<startup Volume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numbers:
Maybe you would have to create the folder Numbers and even the folder Applications by yourself.
Select the cell containing the pathname
Go to the Scripts Menu, choose Numbers, then choose “open_a_file”
open the file
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The Finder's Help explains:
To make the Script menu appear:
Open the AppleScript utility located in Applications/AppleScript.
Select the "Show Script Menu in menu bar" checkbox.
Save this script as a … Script in the "Folder Actions Scripts" folder
<startupVolume>:Library:Scripts:Folder Action Scripts:
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Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2010/02/02
2011/04/28 - replaced the getSelParams handler by the get_SelParams one
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on run
          set {dName, sName, tName, rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2} to my get_SelParams()
          tell application "Numbers" to tell document dName to tell sheet sName to tell table tName
                    set maybe to value of cell rowNum1 of column colNum1
          end tell -- Numbers
          tell application "Finder" to open maybe
end run
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set { dName, sName, tName,  rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2} to my get_SelParams()
on get_SelParams()
          local d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, row_Num1, col_Num1, row_Num2, col_Num2
          tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1
                    set d_Name to its name
                    set s_Name to ""
                    repeat with i from 1 to the count of sheets
                              tell sheet i to set maybe to the count of (tables whose selection range is not missing value)
                              if maybe is not 0 then
                                        set s_Name to name of sheet i
                                        exit repeat
                              end if -- maybe is not 0
                    end repeat
                    if s_Name is "" then
                              if my parleAnglais() then
                                        error "No sheet has a selected table embedding at least one selected cell !"
                              else
                                        error "Aucune feuille ne contient une table ayant au moins une cellule sélectionnée !"
                              end if
                    end if
                    tell sheet s_Name to tell (first table where selection range is not missing value)
                              tell selection range
                                        set {top_left, bottom_right} to {name of first cell, name of last cell}
                              end tell
                              set t_Name to its name
                              tell cell top_left to set {row_Num1, col_Num1} to {address of its row, address of its column}
                              if top_left is bottom_right then
                                        set {row_Num2, col_Num2} to {row_Num1, col_Num1}
                              else
                                        tell cell bottom_right to set {row_Num2, col_Num2} to {address of its row, address of its column}
                              end if
                    end tell -- sheet…
                    return {d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, row_Num1, col_Num1, row_Num2, col_Num2}
          end tell -- Numbers
end get_SelParams
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on decoupe(t, d)
          local l
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d
          set l to text items of t
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
          return l
end decoupe
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on parleAnglais()
          local z
          try
                    tell application "Numbers" to set z to localized string "Cancel"
          on error
                    set z to "Cancel"
          end try
          return (z is not "Annuler")
end parleAnglais
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--[/SCRIPT]
Oops, I forgot that you are asking about Numbers '08 which hasn't AppleScript support.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) jeudi 28 avril 2011 16:26:39
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