open a document

Can anyone tell me how to open an existing document from
within a form.

Thankyou

Andy

What kind of document? Generally you need to use the methods of that
document's application.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Andy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me how to open an existing document from
> within a form.
>
> Thankyou
>
> Andy

What it is, is I have created a custom form and would like
to some how have a link that takes you to a specific
document. The document would be a word document. Would
this need to be a hyperlink ?

Please note my past experience is very limited with
outlook forms?


>-----Original Message-----
>What kind of document? Generally you need to use the
methods of that
>document's application.
>
>--
>Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
>Author of
> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
>"Andy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:42a401c47fa0$71a54d10$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> Can anyone tell me how to open an existing document from
>> within a form.
>>
>> Thankyou
>>
>> Andy
>
>
>.
>

You can use the file:// hyperlink syntax in the body of an Outlook item to
provide a link for a document, e.g. file://c:\mydoc.doc.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"AnDy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3f7301c47fb4$89062a60$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> What it is, is I have created a custom form and would like
> to some how have a link that takes you to a specific
> document. The document would be a word document. Would
> this need to be a hyperlink ?
>
> Please note my past experience is very limited with
> outlook forms?
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >What kind of document? Generally you need to use the
> methods of that
> >document's application.
> >
> >"Andy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:42a401c47fa0$71a54d10$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Can anyone tell me how to open an existing document from
> >> within a form.
> >>
> >> Thankyou
> >>
> >> Andy
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Sue

Still having problems. Have no idea where I would put this
code?

Would I create a label? then link the code to the label?
>-----Original Message-----
>You can use the file:// hyperlink syntax in the body of
an Outlook item to
>provide a link for a document, e.g. file://c:\mydoc.doc.
>
>--
>Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
>Author of
> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
>"AnDy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:3f7301c47fb4$89062a60$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> What it is, is I have created a custom form and would
like
>> to some how have a link that takes you to a specific
>> document. The document would be a word document. Would
>> this need to be a hyperlink ?
>>
>> Please note my past experience is very limited with
>> outlook forms?
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >What kind of document? Generally you need to use the
>> methods of that
>> >document's application.
>> >
>> >"Andy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> >news:42a401c47fa0$71a54d10$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> Can anyone tell me how to open an existing document
from
>> >> within a form.
>> >>
>> >> Thankyou
>> >>
>> >> Andy
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

It's not code, it's just the format for a hyperlink. YOu can put a file://
hyperlink, just like an http:// hyperlink, in the body of any Outlook item.

If you want to put is on a specific control, on the other hand, you can use
the method described at http://www.outloookcode.com/d/tips/formhyperlink.htm

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4b8701c48057$0d6fd740$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Sue
>
> Still having problems. Have no idea where I would put this
> code?
>
> Would I create a label? then link the code to the label?
> >-----Original Message-----
> >You can use the file:// hyperlink syntax in the body of
> an Outlook item to
> >provide a link for a document, e.g. file://c:\mydoc.doc.

> >
> >"AnDy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:3f7301c47fb4$89062a60$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >> What it is, is I have created a custom form and would
> like
> >> to some how have a link that takes you to a specific
> >> document. The document would be a word document. Would
> >> this need to be a hyperlink ?
> >>
> >> Please note my past experience is very limited with
> >> outlook forms?
> >>
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >What kind of document? Generally you need to use the
> >> methods of that
> >> >document's application.
> >> >
> >> >"Andy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message
> >> >news:42a401c47fa0$71a54d10$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> >> Can anyone tell me how to open an existing document
> from
> >> >> within a form.

> >
> >
> >.
> >