I dont want http:// as my base at all!

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wglass01

I am trying to build an MS access 2003 DB that will have a list of AIM
names. then to have a hyperlink to send the AIM. I have to commands to
send the aim not a problem except the hyperlink to do this is:

aim:goim?screenname=PLACETHESCREENNAMEHERE

well i have built all that i need accept a way to make my string a
hyperlink that will execute the command.

I have even gotten a way to make the string a hyperlink but now the
http:// is holding me back

Any IDEAS!!
 
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wglass01

Just an update, the base is not the issue,


the issue is that when you format to hyperlink in the table it inserts
http://



an this be changed to blank?
 
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Larry Linson

Just an update, the base is not the issue,


the issue is that when you format to hyperlink in the table it inserts
http://



an this be changed to blank?
Click to expand...

What is AIM? That acronym could refer to any number of things; I'd guess it
is AOL Instant Messaging, but it would be nice if you'd make it clear.

If you don't communicate via http://, what route do you use? If you have
client software installed on your machine, perhaps you need the Shell
function, rather than a hyperlink.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
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pietlinden

did you try setting the field type in your table as text (not
hyperlink) and then setting the format of the field on your form as a
hyperlink?
 
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wglass01

AIM does mean AOL instant messenger:

the HTML code to do the function i want is
aim:goim?screenname=XXXXXXXXXXX


This is the code you can code in the HTML of a webpage so i thought
that it needed to be a hyperlink.

I know that it works as a hyperlink without the http:// so a hyperlink
could work if the default for hyperlink did not include the http://
 
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