I want to open a specific word document from my access database. How?
D Douglas J Steele Jun 6, 2005 #2 Open for what purpose? If it's strictly to have the document open up, take a look at the FollowHyperlink method. If you want to open it and then programmatically work with the document, you'll need to look at Automation.
Open for what purpose? If it's strictly to have the document open up, take a look at the FollowHyperlink method. If you want to open it and then programmatically work with the document, you'll need to look at Automation.
A Arvin Meyer Jun 6, 2005 #3 Wayne Viles said: I want to open a specific word document from my access database. How? Click to expand... A sample of Word automation is at: http://www.datastrat.com/Code/WordMerge.txt You may also want to look at the ShellExecute function: http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0018.htm -- Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP Microsoft Access Free Access downloads: http://www.datastrat.com http://www.mvps.org/access
Wayne Viles said: I want to open a specific word document from my access database. How? Click to expand... A sample of Word automation is at: http://www.datastrat.com/Code/WordMerge.txt You may also want to look at the ShellExecute function: http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0018.htm -- Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP Microsoft Access Free Access downloads: http://www.datastrat.com http://www.mvps.org/access
