"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.ukwrote:
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>I have a field with the full path and name of a document. How can I have the
>document open in its associated application; word, excel etc when user
>double clicks on the field?
See API: Start an app with ShellExecute
(Q) How do I start the application which is registered to handle a file extension
in Win Registry?
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0018.htm
Tony
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