[AccessD] Problem with hyperlinks from a table or form

Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com
Wed Mar 30 16:01:03 CST 2005


Hi Mike,

Welcome to AccessD! 

If you try to link to these newly located on the server files does
that work? Instead of changing an existing link?

Gary Kjos


On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:31:20 -0600, Mike Webb
<Mike_Webb at whoopingcrane.org> wrote:
> Posted this to NG microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted, but no reply.  Then I tried a non-profit techie website, but wasn't able to find a solution.  A responder suggested this group.  Am hoping a reader of this list can help:
> ======================
> Using Access XP on WinXP box on a SBS 2003 LAN.  Experience level: Novice
> 
> I've scanned a bit over 4000 docs into PDF format, accessible in Access via search forms and reports.  Started with them in my Shared Docs folder when we had just a P2P network.  Now that we have the server, I'd like to move the docs to a common folder there.  Just tried it with one doc, edited the hyperlink to reflect the network path, but all it would do is "blink" for a split second.  Tried mapping the location, same result.  The location on the server is \\[servername]\Users\Company   with Company being the common folder
> accessible to all users on the network.   I then  tried copying one of the PDF's to the server and was able to get it to open from Access.  So, thinking I had this solved, I copied the folder with all 4000+ files in it to the server.  Now I'm back to the "blink" described above when I click on the hyperlink.  I've tried sharing the folder, broadening the permissions for share and security, nothing works.  Now I can create a shortcut on my desktop and the file opens just fine. I can also navigate to the file within Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and this too works fine.  So I think it's an Access thing, but I'm in over my head, ability-wise.
> 
> I have not split the DB yet.  The file is on my computer.  I also happen to be the domain and local computer admin.
> 
> I'm kinda stumped on what I did wrong or what I'm missing.  Any ideas?
> 
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> Michael J. Webb
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