Display File Title, Link Using File Path

[BASSPU03]

I used the Common Dialog API to store file paths on my form's underlying table. These paths are displayed in a textbox that I can click to open the selected file.

Having stored the file paths in a textbox on my form, I then changed VB code in a linked module from lpstrFile to lpstrFileTitle (in Line 50 below) to get the file's title instead of the full path. Now, I'd like the file title to keep showing up in the textbox, but I obviously need the full path "underneath" so that, when I click on the file title, the file opens. I've experimented by changing different "lpstrFile" references but can't get the desired result. Here's the On Click event code:

Private Sub FilePath_Click()
    Rem Me![AutoNumber]
    Dim stlink As String
        stlink = Me![FilePath]
        FollowHyperlink stlink, , True
End Sub

Here's the related function:

Private Declare Function GetOpenFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" Alias _
"GetOpenFileNameA" (pOpenfilename As OPENFILENAME) As Long
 
Private Type OPENFILENAME
    lStructSize As Long
    hwndOwner As Long
    hInstance As Long
    lpstrFilter As String
    lpstrCustomFilter As String
    nMaxCustFilter As Long
    nFilterIndex As Long
    lpstrFile As String
    nMaxFile As Long
    lpstrFileTitle As String
    nMaxFileTitle As Long
    lpstrInitialDir As String
    lpstrTitle As String
    flags As Long
    nFileOffset As Integer
    nFileExtension As Integer
    lpstrDefExt As String
    lCustData As Long
    lpfnHook As Long
    lpTemplateName As String
End Type
 
Function LaunchCD(strform As Form) As String
    Dim OpenFile As OPENFILENAME
    Dim lReturn As Long
    Dim sFilter As String
    OpenFile.lStructSize = Len(OpenFile)
    OpenFile.hwndOwner = strform.Hwnd
    sFilter = "All Files (*.*)" & Chr(0) & "*.*" & Chr(0) & _
      "HTM Files (*.HTM)" & Chr(0) & "*.HTM" & Chr(0) & _
      "HTML Files (*.HTML)" & Chr(0) & "*.HTML" & Chr(0)
    OpenFile.lpstrFilter = sFilter
    OpenFile.nFilterIndex = 2
    OpenFile.lpstrFile = String(257, 0)
    OpenFile.nMaxFile = Len(OpenFile.lpstrFile) - 1
    OpenFile.lpstrFileTitle = OpenFile.lpstrFile
    OpenFile.nMaxFileTitle = OpenFile.nMaxFile
    OpenFile.lpstrInitialDir = "H:\Application\Cables\"
    OpenFile.lpstrTitle = "Select a file..."
    OpenFile.flags = 0
    lReturn = GetOpenFileName(OpenFile)
        If lReturn = 0 Then
            MsgBox "No file selected", vbInformation, _
              "Please select a file"
         Else
            LaunchCD = Trim(Left(OpenFile.lpstrFileTitle, InStr(1, OpenFile.lpstrFileTitle, vbNullChar) - 1))
         End If
End Function

Can someone clue me in on how to display the FileTitle but link using the path?

Regards,
BASSPU03

[ADezii]

I used the Common Dialog API to store file paths on my form's underlying table. These paths are displayed in a textbox that I can click to open the selected file.

Having stored the file paths in a textbox on my form, I then changed VB code in a linked module from lpstrFile to lpstrFileTitle (in Line 50 below) to get the file's title instead of the full path. Now, I'd like the file title to keep showing up in the textbox, but I obviously need the full path "underneath" so that, when I click on the file title, the file opens. I've experimented by changing different "lpstrFile" references but can't get the desired result. Here's the On Click event code:

Private Sub FilePath_Click()
    Rem Me![AutoNumber]
    Dim stlink As String
        stlink = Me![FilePath]
        FollowHyperlink stlink, , True
End Sub

Here's the related function:

Private Declare Function GetOpenFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" Alias _
"GetOpenFileNameA" (pOpenfilename As OPENFILENAME) As Long
 
Private Type OPENFILENAME
    lStructSize As Long
    hwndOwner As Long
    hInstance As Long
    lpstrFilter As String
    lpstrCustomFilter As String
    nMaxCustFilter As Long
    nFilterIndex As Long
    lpstrFile As String
    nMaxFile As Long
    lpstrFileTitle As String
    nMaxFileTitle As Long
    lpstrInitialDir As String
    lpstrTitle As String
    flags As Long
    nFileOffset As Integer
    nFileExtension As Integer
    lpstrDefExt As String
    lCustData As Long
    lpfnHook As Long
    lpTemplateName As String
End Type
 
Function LaunchCD(strform As Form) As String
    Dim OpenFile As OPENFILENAME
    Dim lReturn As Long
    Dim sFilter As String
    OpenFile.lStructSize = Len(OpenFile)
    OpenFile.hwndOwner = strform.Hwnd
    sFilter = "All Files (*.*)" & Chr(0) & "*.*" & Chr(0) & _
      "HTM Files (*.HTM)" & Chr(0) & "*.HTM" & Chr(0) & _
      "HTML Files (*.HTML)" & Chr(0) & "*.HTML" & Chr(0)
    OpenFile.lpstrFilter = sFilter
    OpenFile.nFilterIndex = 2
    OpenFile.lpstrFile = String(257, 0)
    OpenFile.nMaxFile = Len(OpenFile.lpstrFile) - 1
    OpenFile.lpstrFileTitle = OpenFile.lpstrFile
    OpenFile.nMaxFileTitle = OpenFile.nMaxFile
    OpenFile.lpstrInitialDir = "H:\Application\Cables\"
    OpenFile.lpstrTitle = "Select a file..."
    OpenFile.flags = 0
    lReturn = GetOpenFileName(OpenFile)
        If lReturn = 0 Then
            MsgBox "No file selected", vbInformation, _
              "Please select a file"
         Else
            LaunchCD = Trim(Left(OpenFile.lpstrFileTitle, InStr(1, OpenFile.lpstrFileTitle, vbNullChar) - 1))
         End If
End Function

Can someone clue me in on how to display the FileTitle but link using the path?

Regards,
BASSPU03

Revert back to the lpstrFile technique to write the Absolute Path to a Bound Text Box which is invisible on the Form. It is then a simple matter to extract the File Title itself from lpstrFile and display it in another, visible Text Box. This value can either be stored internally (no reason to do so), or dynamically generated in a Query (Calculated Field) which underlies the Form, and which is displayed via the Form's Current() Event. The logic wouold be as follows:

Dim strFileTitle As String, lpstrFile As String
 
lpstrFile = "C:\Windows\System32\My DLLs\SomeDLL.dll"
strFileTitle = Right$(lpstrFile, Len(lpstrFile) - InStrRev(lpstrFile, "\"))

OUTPUT:

SomeDLL.dll

Me![txtFileTitle] = strFileTitle

[ADezii]

Revert back to the lpstrFile technique to write the Absolute Path to a Bound Text Box which is invisible on the Form. It is then a simple matter to extract the File Title itself from lpstrFile and display it in another, visible Text Box. This value can either be stored internally (no reason to do so), or dynamically generated in a Query (Calculated Field) which underlies the Form, and which is displayed via the Form's Current() Event. The logic would be as follows:

Dim strFileTitle As String, lpstrFile As String
 
lpstrFile = "C:\Windows\System32\My DLLs\SomeDLL.dll"
strFileTitle = Right$(lpstrFile, Len(lpstrFile) - InStrRev(lpstrFile, "\"))
 
Me![txtFileTitle] = strFileTitle
 

OUTPUT:

SomeDLL.dll