Opening a html file from a Command Button

[ChrisR]

Hi folkes

I have a simple html file with 2 frames, as my Help file to my DB.
It consists of 3 parts:

Help.htm = Is the main file with the 2 frames.

Index.htm = Is the left frame as a index with hyperlinks in it, link
to bookmarks in the right frame.

Contents.htm = Is the right frame with the help catagories, headed by
bookmarks, linked to the hyperlinks from the left frame.

The code I'm using now opens the file but doesn't jump to the bookmark
that is called.

strAppPath = CurrentProject.Path
strBookMark = "#Setup"

strAppName = "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe " _
& strAppPath & "\Help\Help.htm" & strBookMark

Call Shell(strAppName, 3)

If I call, contents.htm alone with the bookmarks in it. It jumps to
the required bookmark, no problem.

Its when I call, help.htm with the two frames in it, that the coding
for the bookmarks, dosen't seem to work. It opens the help file, but
doesn't jump to the called bookmark.

P.S.
Any ideas of calling "iexplore.exe", without using the string
"c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe "

Any help or ideas with my coding would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time reading this.

Chris
Sydney
Australia

[xzzy]

try:

\Help\Help.htm#MyBookmark

John Bickmore
www.BicycleCam.com
www.Feed-Zone.com

"ChrisR" <ch***@krisaracomputers.com.au> wrote in message
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Hi folkes

I have a simple html file with 2 frames, as my Help file to my DB.
It consists of 3 parts:

Help.htm = Is the main file with the 2 frames.

Index.htm = Is the left frame as a index with hyperlinks in it, link
to bookmarks in the right frame.

Contents.htm = Is the right frame with the help catagories, headed by
bookmarks, linked to the hyperlinks from the left frame.

The code I'm using now opens the file but doesn't jump to the bookmark
that is called.

strAppPath = CurrentProject.Path
strBookMark = "#Setup"

strAppName = "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe " _
& strAppPath & "\Help\Help.htm" & strBookMark

Call Shell(strAppName, 3)

If I call, contents.htm alone with the bookmarks in it. It jumps to
the required bookmark, no problem.

Its when I call, help.htm with the two frames in it, that the coding
for the bookmarks, dosen't seem to work. It opens the help file, but
doesn't jump to the called bookmark.

P.S.
Any ideas of calling "iexplore.exe", without using the string
"c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe "

Any help or ideas with my coding would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time reading this.

Chris
Sydney
Australia

[ChrisR]

ch***@krisaracomputers.com.au (ChrisR) wrote in message news:<97**************************@posting.google. com>...

Hi folkes

I have a simple html file with 2 frames, as my Help file to my DB.
It consists of 3 parts:

Help.htm = Is the main file with the 2 frames.

Index.htm = Is the left frame as a index with hyperlinks in it, link
to bookmarks in the right frame.

Contents.htm = Is the right frame with the help catagories, headed by
bookmarks, linked to the hyperlinks from the left frame.

The code I'm using now opens the file but doesn't jump to the bookmark
that is called.

strAppPath = CurrentProject.Path
strBookMark = "#Setup"

strAppName = "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe " _
& strAppPath & "\Help\Help.htm" & strBookMark

Call Shell(strAppName, 3)

If I call, contents.htm alone with the bookmarks in it. It jumps to
the required bookmark, no problem.

Its when I call, help.htm with the two frames in it, that the coding
for the bookmarks, dosen't seem to work. It opens the help file, but
doesn't jump to the called bookmark.

P.S.
Any ideas of calling "iexplore.exe", without using the string
"c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe "

Any help or ideas with my coding would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time reading this.

Chris
Sydney
Australia

Thanks John for your time.

But that doesnt solve my problem.
Because of the 2 frames in the Help.htm file. The bookmark extension
"#Setup" for the string doesnt work.