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Placing a link in Access

My question is... Is there a way to place a link to a .pdf file into Access where if you click it from a database it will pull up the file? I don't think there is but it's worth the time to ask. Thanks.
Aug 30 '10 #1
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Nevermind... I answered my own question via trial and error. Apparantly you can. It's not pretty but it works... lol
Aug 30 '10 #2
Jerry Maiapu
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How did you manage to get it..
Aug 31 '10 #3
Within the tables you can insert a hyperlink column and from there just edit the hyperlinks to the file you want to pull up. I copied and pasted the names of the files into the hyperlink column and that was it. Pretty simple but if you have quite a few links to update, it may take a while. I actually decided to bypass the entire ordeal and did it in Excel.
Aug 31 '10 #4
TheSmileyCoder
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There are several ways to do it, depending on how much time you want to spend, and how elegant you want it.

You can make a button which opens a filebrowser and then simply browse to the file(s), select them, and have the code store the info in the hyperlink field. You can also make code/form that mimics a file-browser but with more customised properties and abilities depending on your needs.
Sep 2 '10 #5

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