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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=550054615-11032003>Can
you direct me to where I can find information on how to use the Common Dialog
control? I searched help & MS knowledge base, but I could not find anything
that tells how to make it work. I have never used any of the ActiveX items under
More Controls, for that reason - never know what to do with
them.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=550054615-11032003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=550054615-11032003>Virginia</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Mike and Doris Manning
[mailto:mikedorism@ntelos.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:25
AM<BR><B>To:</B> accessd@databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [AccessD]
Adding Attachments<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><SPAN class=123012215-11032003><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2>Virginia,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=123012215-11032003><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=123012215-11032003><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>What
I did was use the Common Dialog control (you can also use File Dialog but it
won't work in a runtime app) to allow the user to pick the current location of
the file. Then I move a copy of it into a designated folder path and
store the full pathname (path and file name) in a database string
field.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=123012215-11032003><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=123012215-11032003>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Doris Manning</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Database Administrator</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hargrove Inc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2><U>www.hargroveinc.com</U></FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr lang=en-us><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
accessd-admin@databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-admin@databaseadvisors.com] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Hollis,Virginia<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:12
AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'accessd@databaseadvisors.com'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[AccessD] Adding Attachments<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=850360015-11032003>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=850360015-11032003>Do
you know if there is a way to default the hyperlink to use "relative path to
hyperlink"? </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=850360015-11032003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=850360015-11032003>It
always wants to use http:\\ for the hyperlink instead of the path. I set the
Base to the directory and folder. I set a field to Hyperlink, I was hoping
that all the customer would have to do is type the name of the document into
the field (Test Attach.doc) and it would open the hyperlink to the document.
Is this correct? What am I missing?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=850360015-11032003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=850360015-11032003>************</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=850360015-11032003>The archives only show the past 3 months, how do
you get to the previous messages?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=850360015-11032003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=850360015-11032003>Virginia</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Wortz, Charles
[mailto:CWortz@tea.state.tx.us]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 11, 2003
8:23 AM<BR><B>To:</B> accessd@databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[AccessD] Adding Attachments<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><SPAN class=823161714-11032003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>Virginia,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=823161714-11032003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=823161714-11032003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Since you
are storing the files externally to Access and only storing a link (path
name) to the files in Access, it makes no difference to Access what types
of files they are. Linking to external files is a frequent subject
on this list so you should be able to find a lot of hints in the
archives. Some non-obvious search terms that may help are "Image
files" and "bloat."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><B><FONT color=#0000ff>Charles Wortz</FONT></B></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>Software Development
Division</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>Texas
Education Agency</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
color=#0000ff>1701 N. Congress Ave</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>Austin, TX 78701-1494</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>512-463-9493</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
color=#0000ff>CWortz@tea.state.tx.us</FONT></SPAN> </P>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr lang=en-us><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
Hollis,Virginia [mailto:HollisVJ@pgdp.usec.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday
2003 Mar 11 08:13<BR><B>To:</B>
'accessd@databaseadvisors.com'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [AccessD] Adding
Attachments<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=360580714-11032003>I really do not know what I am after :-) I am
open for any ideas because I sure can't think of
any...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=360580714-11032003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=360580714-11032003>Make a folder to store the attachments and they
would place them in the directory? Would it matter if they were .pdf or
.doc or any type of file?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=360580714-11032003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=360580714-11032003>Virginia</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Wortz, Charles
[mailto:CWortz@tea.state.tx.us]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 11, 2003
7:59 AM<BR><B>To:</B> accessd@databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B>
RE: [AccessD] Adding Attachments<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><SPAN class=426315613-11032003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>Virginia,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=426315613-11032003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=426315613-11032003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>You can
have a hyperlink field in a table in which the link to the external
document is placed. Is this what you are
after?</FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><SPAN lang=en-us><B><FONT color=#0000ff>Charles
Wortz</FONT></B></SPAN> <BR></P>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr lang=en-us><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
Hollis,Virginia [mailto:HollisVJ@pgdp.usec.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday
2003 Mar 11 07:51<BR><B>To:</B>
accessd@databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AccessD] Adding
Attachments<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=830524313-11032003>Is there a
way to add a document as an attachment to a database?
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=830524313-11032003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=830524313-11032003>The database is used to request services.
The data is entered by a customer and sometimes the customer needs to
add additional documentation to support their request. The attachment
might be a sketch or Word file.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=830524313-11032003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=830524313-11032003>Does anyone
have any idea how this might be done?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=830524313-11032003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=830524313-11032003>Virginia</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>