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Mon 24 Sep 2018, 20:27 Delegate Manny said...

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Opening a PDF document from a button in Access

Hello,

I have written a nice PDF that outlines instructions and the instructions of my database. I have build a button on my "home page", on click i would like it to launch the pdf for the user to review.

I have tried a couple of things but no luck. Any ideas? Ive tried these
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Dim shell As Object
Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

shell.Run "XXXXXXXXX"

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file = "C:\path\FileToOpen.pdf"
Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run Chr(34) & sfile & Chr(34), 1, False

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Mon 24 Sep 2018, 21:53 Trainer Jens said...

RE: Opening a PDF document from a button in Access

Hi Manny,

Thank you for the forum question.

Application.FollowHyperlink "C://YourFilePath/MyFile.pdf"

Kind regards

Jens Bonde
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Mon 6 Sep 2021, 05:59 Ashley54 (guest) said...

RE: Opening a PDF document from a button in Access

I know there are hyperlink capabilities in Access, but have never used them. In reading the posts I've found it looks like these have changed

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