[AccessD] Adding Attachments

Message...can't fool us Arthur, we all know you've always been an Old Fart :)

William Hindman
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Arthur Fuller 
  To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 11:19 AM
  Subject: RE: [AccessD] Adding Attachments


  You don't need to use URLs if you don't want to. I use code from ADH that calls the Windows API to open the GetFile dialog, then posts the result to a control on my form, like so:



      With Me

          .BigImagePath = ahtCommonFileOpenSave()

      End With



  To cohere to the licensing I cannot post said function or its API declaration. Of course I could change all the variable names and the function name and claim it as my own work, which is how I learned to program, but now that I'm an old fart I don't do that any more.



  (Fuller's Law #3: You start out a Young Turk and before you know it you're an Old Fart.)



  The function called above returns an absolute path, but given same and knowledge of the app directory, it's a simple matter to replace the app path with a relative reference. The Replace function does it in one line:



      Replace( strExp as String, strFind as String, strReplace as String )



  HTH,

  A.





  -----Original Message-----
  From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hollis,Virginia
  Sent: March 11, 2003 10:12 AM
  To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
  Subject: RE: [AccessD] Adding Attachments



  Do you know if there is a way to default the hyperlink to use "relative path to hyperlink"? 



  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?



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  The archives only show the past 3 months, how do you get to the previous messages?



  Virginia



    -----Original Message-----
    From: Wortz, Charles [mailto:CWortz at tea.state.tx.us]
    Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 8:23 AM
    To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
    Subject: RE: [AccessD] Adding Attachments

    Virginia,



    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."



    Charles Wortz 
    Software Development Division 
    Texas Education Agency 
    1701 N. Congress Ave 
    Austin, TX 78701-1494 
    512-463-9493 
    CWortz at tea.state.tx.us 

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Hollis,Virginia [mailto:HollisVJ at pgdp.usec.com] 
    Sent: Tuesday 2003 Mar 11 08:13
    To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
    Subject: RE: [AccessD] Adding Attachments

    I really do not know what I am after :-) I am open for any ideas because I sure can't think of any...



    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?



    Virginia

      -----Original Message-----
      From: Wortz, Charles [mailto:CWortz at tea.state.tx.us]
      Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 7:59 AM
      To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
      Subject: RE: [AccessD] Adding Attachments

      Virginia,



      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?

      Charles Wortz 

      -----Original Message-----
      From: Hollis,Virginia [mailto:HollisVJ at pgdp.usec.com] 
      Sent: Tuesday 2003 Mar 11 07:51
      To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
      Subject: [AccessD] Adding Attachments

      Is there a way to add a document as an attachment to a database? 



      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.



      Does anyone have any idea how this might be done?



      Virginia
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