Hyperlink trouble

[Xarkath]

MS Access 2013




Hello, I have looked around and tried a handful of solutions found on different sites to get hyperlinks to work but so far nothing has worked so I am hoping someone here can help me out.

I have a client table that contains a a hyperlink field. These links are to a network drive that contains one folder per client used for housing source documents. The hyperlinks work from 1) the table 2) a data entry form used for setting up a new client and 3) a form used to maintence an existing client setup. Since it works in all 3 of those it seems I should be able to add it to a third form. This last form is used to track yearly maintence updates and I just want to add the link to avoid having to open an additional form just to use the hyperlink. In short, it is a convenience thing. The only difference is that the form is not directly bound to the client table as the other 2 are so I assume I have to use something like DLookup but no matter how I set it up it always comes back with a null value. The value needs to update as the form moves from one client to next which is not a problem for other data types; I do it all the time, but I seem to be missing something about hyperlinks. I would perfer a button control but would be happy enough with a text control if that is what it needs to be so long as it works.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[ranman256]

you can also use this code...
Paste this code into a module, and it will open ANY file in its native application.

usage: OpenNativeApp "c:\folder\file.pdf"
will open it in acrobat
or
OpenNativeApp ME.txtBox
will open the doc in Word if the item in txtBox is C:\myfile.doc
or a hyperlink.

'Attribute VB_Name = "modNativeApp"
'Option Compare Database
Option Explicit

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpszOp As String, ByVal lpszFile As String, ByVal lpszParams As String, ByVal lpszDir As String, ByVal FsShowCmd As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long
Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Const SE_ERR_FNF = 2&
Const SE_ERR_PNF = 3&
Const SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED = 5&
Const SE_ERR_OOM = 8&
Const SE_ERR_DLLNOTFOUND = 32&
Const SE_ERR_SHARE = 26&
Const SE_ERR_ASSOCINCOMPLETE = 27&
Const SE_ERR_DDETIMEOUT = 28&
Const SE_ERR_DDEFAIL = 29&
Const SE_ERR_DDEBUSY = 30&
Const SE_ERR_NOASSOC = 31&
Const ERROR_BAD_FORMAT = 11&


Public Sub OpenNativeApp(ByVal psDocName As String)
Dim r As Long, msg As String

r = StartDoc(psDocName)
If r <= 32 Then
    'There was an error
    Select Case r
        Case SE_ERR_FNF
            msg = "File not found"
        Case SE_ERR_PNF
            msg = "Path not found"
        Case SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED
            msg = "Access denied"
        Case SE_ERR_OOM
            msg = "Out of memory"
        Case SE_ERR_DLLNOTFOUND
            msg = "DLL not found"
        Case SE_ERR_SHARE
            msg = "A sharing violation occurred"
        Case SE_ERR_ASSOCINCOMPLETE
            msg = "Incomplete or invalid file association"
        Case SE_ERR_DDETIMEOUT
            msg = "DDE Time out"
        Case SE_ERR_DDEFAIL
            msg = "DDE transaction failed"
        Case SE_ERR_DDEBUSY
            msg = "DDE busy"
        Case SE_ERR_NOASSOC
            msg = "No association for file extension"
        Case ERROR_BAD_FORMAT
            msg = "Invalid EXE file or error in EXE image"
        Case Else
            msg = "Unknown error"
    End Select
'    MsgBox msg
End If
End Sub

[NTC]

besides 256's advice; just in general terms:you could use a sub form that is bound on the table holding the hyperlink - or - potentially your main form could be bound to a query that joins your maintenance table to your client table although not knowing your data structure I can't say for sure.....