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    Open Folder

    Good afternoon. I am new to programming of any sort. I was recently asked to develop a database to track member records. As I've figured it out I've been requested to make changes but this 1 had ne stumped. My db has records for 300 members. Each member has a folder on the share drive that contains multiple documents that we have to maintain. The higher ups would like a button on the form that opens that members folders. I I have renamed all the folders to have the same format



    Lastname, firstname organization

    I was able to open the parent folder with the button, but have not been able to determine how to add this last branch via vba.

    Dim member
    Member = [last name] & ", "& [first name] & " " & [org]

    I've tried adding "member" and [member] to the end of file path but no avail.

    S:/command/parentfolder/"member"

    It hasnt worked. How can I add that specific information without having to create 300+ code lines?

    Thank you for any assistance you all can provide.

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    Concatenate literal text and variables.

    What is the actual line to open folder?
    Code:
    "S:/command/parentfolder/" & Member
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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    Might be:

    filepath = "S:/command/parentfolder/ '" & [Member] & "'"

    single quote double quote' & [Member] & double quote single quote double quote

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    The apostrophes are not needed for this concatenation - there is no SQL statement or filter criteria being constructed.
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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    Quote Originally Posted by June7 View Post
    Concatenate literal text and variables.

    What is the actual line to open folder?
    Code:
    "S:/command/parentfolder/" & Member

    Thank you, it worked. The code I'm running is as follows

    Private sub btndocs_click()
    Dim fldrname as string
    Dim member
    Member = me.last_name & ", " & me.first_name &" "& me.org
    Fldrnamr = "s:\yourpathe\parentfolder" & member

    Shell "c:\windows\exeplorer.exe """ & fldrname & "", vbnormalfocus
    End sub

    And it works great now. Thank you all for your quick responses.

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    Glad you got it working. Just realized your original code showed / instead of \.
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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