[AccessD] Hyperlink Questions

[Charlotte Foust]

Thanks Jack, I hadn't read that article, but I never saw any reason to
store the hyperlink address as anything but text.

Charlotte Foust
(916) 206-4336
On May 25, 2016 5:43 PM, "jack drawbridge" <jackandpat.d at gmail.com> wrote:

> Charlotte,
> This passed my inbox in the last few days. I'm not sure if it applies or is
> relevant to your set up, but for what it's worth here is a link from
> codekabinett
> <
> http://www.codekabinett.com/rdumps.php?Lang=2&targetDoc=access-hyperlink-data-type
> >
>
> Good luck.
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 8:30 PM, Bill Benson <bensonforums at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Thought hyperlinks simply open the documents they point to, no fuss. It
> is
> > a requirement of the hyperlink that has as it's subaddress an external
> file
> > to open that file in order to go to the "address". Don't know what
> enables
> > the action but that's how hyperlinks work. The followhyperlink events, if
> > they existed,  kick in after the target is arrived at. That way n Excel
> > anyway I think.
> > On May 25, 2016 6:42 PM, "Charlotte Foust" <charlotte.foust at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I'm deconstructing an mdb written (so to speak) by various people and
> ran
> > > across an interesting situation.  In one form, the OnClick event of a
> > > button contains code to create a Word.Application object and set its
> > > visible property to True.  Then it sets the HyerlinkAddress property of
> > the
> > > button to a Word document in a subordinate folder, and then opens a
> > > report.  Apparently Word attempts to open that document immediately,
> > which
> > > confuses me no end because I can't see what would cause the hyperlink
> to
> > be
> > > followed unless we're somehow triggering one of the hidden events of
> the
> > > command button.  There are no helpful comments in the code, of course.
> > >
> > > Can anyone explain it to me, please?
> > >
> > >
> > > Charlotte Foust
> > > (916) 206-4336
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