I'm hoping someone can tell me what I'm missing about how to open a browser
and go to a website from a button or a link in Access 2000.
I've tried designating a field as "Hyperlink type" and typing in an URL.
I've tried using the Hyperlink field on the Button Properties sheet, and
I've tried using Visual Basic:
Application.Fol lowHyperlink "html://www.websitename .com",,True
and in all cases, Access just locks up and has to be shut down via the task
manager.
I suspect I need to open an instance of the browser or something, but I'm
only just starting with VB (all learned on a "need to know" basis), so I'm a
little foggy on that.
More details, in case they are helpful: What I'm wanting to do is go to a
vendor's website and look up their description based on their part number. I
thought I would build the url based on the first part of the vendor's search
string (stored with the vendor record) concatenated with the part number
(stored on the part record). There are hundreds of parts, so I'd like to
build this hyperlink on the fly, probably using a button and concatenating
the URL in Visual Basic.
I appreciate any assistance or direction....
Alice
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