hyperlinks

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Joanne

Can I put a hyperlink to a webpage on my access form?
I looked in the activex controls listing and in the help files but I
only see things about email hyperlinks. I just want to be able to go
to a webpage by clicking on the hyperlink on my form.
Thanks
Joanne
 
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Dirk Goldgar

Joanne said:
Can I put a hyperlink to a webpage on my access form?
I looked in the activex controls listing and in the help files but I
only see things about email hyperlinks. I just want to be able to go
to a webpage by clicking on the hyperlink on my form.
Thanks
Joanne
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Sure you can. Is this a fixed, specific web page you want to hyperlink
to? You can add a label or a command button, then open its property
sheet, go to the Format tab, click on the Hyperlink Address line, then
either (a) type in the URL of the page, *beginning with "http://"* , or
(b) cllick the builder button (caption "...") that will appear at the
end of the line, and use the Insert Hyperlink dialog to enter the URL.
 
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Joanne

Dirk
THanks so much for your quick reply.
I was so surprised to find lots of new (to me) stuff under that format
tab, WOW!
Anyway, I put the URL, beginning with the HTTP:// in hyperlink
address, but when I go to the form and click on the command button I
created to use this hyperlink, I get a dialog box called "auto dialer"
asking me for a number. I don't want this to occur actually, I would
just like the hyperlink to go directly to the webpage. If I click on
cancel in the autodialer dialog box, it goes to the webpage and loads
it just fine.
Please, how can I eliminate this dialog box to make my app a bit more
sofisticated?
Your help is huge
Joanne
 
D

Dirk Goldgar

Joanne said:
Dirk
THanks so much for your quick reply.
I was so surprised to find lots of new (to me) stuff under that format
tab, WOW!
Anyway, I put the URL, beginning with the HTTP:// in hyperlink
address, but when I go to the form and click on the command button I
created to use this hyperlink, I get a dialog box called "auto dialer"
asking me for a number. I don't want this to occur actually, I would
just like the hyperlink to go directly to the webpage. If I click on
cancel in the autodialer dialog box, it goes to the webpage and loads
it just fine.
Please, how can I eliminate this dialog box to make my app a bit more
sofisticated?
Your help is huge
Joanne
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It sounds to me as though your command button must have an "autodial"
action associated with its Click event, completely aside from its
Hyperlink Address property. How did you create this button? Did you
copy some other button, modify the Hyperlink Address property of an
existing button, or create the button from scratch? If you open the
command button's property sheet, what is on the On Click line on the
Event tab of the property sheet? If the button's On Click property
currently says "[Event Procedure]", click the "build" button (caption
"...") at the end of the line, and look at the code that is associated
with the event. This is probably calling the Autodial utility. If you
don't want the button to do that, or do anything except act as a
hyperlink, delete the whole event procedure.
 
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Joanne

Dirk
I created the button from scratch
You were exactly correct, when creating the button it wrote an on
click event to call autodial.
Deleting the event got rid of the problem
I've learned a great deal here, and I thank you very much for your
time and expertise.
Joanne
Dirk said:
Joanne said:
Dirk
THanks so much for your quick reply.
I was so surprised to find lots of new (to me) stuff under that format
tab, WOW!
Anyway, I put the URL, beginning with the HTTP:// in hyperlink
address, but when I go to the form and click on the command button I
created to use this hyperlink, I get a dialog box called "auto dialer"
asking me for a number. I don't want this to occur actually, I would
just like the hyperlink to go directly to the webpage. If I click on
cancel in the autodialer dialog box, it goes to the webpage and loads
it just fine.
Please, how can I eliminate this dialog box to make my app a bit more
sofisticated?
Your help is huge
Joanne
Click to expand...

It sounds to me as though your command button must have an "autodial"
action associated with its Click event, completely aside from its
Hyperlink Address property. How did you create this button? Did you
copy some other button, modify the Hyperlink Address property of an
existing button, or create the button from scratch? If you open the
command button's property sheet, what is on the On Click line on the
Event tab of the property sheet? If the button's On Click property
currently says "[Event Procedure]", click the "build" button (caption
"...") at the end of the line, and look at the code that is associated
with the event. This is probably calling the Autodial utility. If you
don't want the button to do that, or do anything except act as a
hyperlink, delete the whole event procedure.
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