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Hi!
I'm using command buttons to launch Internet pages from a form (Access
2002). The pages are different chapters in an online manual. The website
uses frames, with a left frame showing the table of contents and a right
(main) frame showing the chapters of the manual.
When I insert the URL for a specific chapter into a hyperlink in a Word
document, it launches the page correctly, with the table of contents
displayed in the left frame and the relevant chapter displayed in the main
frame. But when I paste the same URL into the Hyperlink Address field for a
command button, the page launches with the table of contents displayed in the
left frame and Chapter 1 (instead of the relevant chapter) in the main
frame. When I try URLs for other chapters, I get the same result (table of
contents
in the left frame, Chapter 1 in the main frame). The Address window of my
browser reveals that a specific section of URL that each link has in common
("HCPM.htm#") is being omitted.
When I copy this now-shortened URL from the Address window and paste it into
the Hyperlink Address for the button, the relevant chapter is displayed but
frames are disabled (so the table of contents isn’t displayed). Is there a
way to get Access to display both the table of contents and desired chapter
upon launching the page? It seems to me that the problem stems from Access
shortening the URLs when opening Internet Explorer but when I check the
properties of the buttons, each URL is there in its entirety.
Thanks much!
I'm using command buttons to launch Internet pages from a form (Access
2002). The pages are different chapters in an online manual. The website
uses frames, with a left frame showing the table of contents and a right
(main) frame showing the chapters of the manual.
When I insert the URL for a specific chapter into a hyperlink in a Word
document, it launches the page correctly, with the table of contents
displayed in the left frame and the relevant chapter displayed in the main
frame. But when I paste the same URL into the Hyperlink Address field for a
command button, the page launches with the table of contents displayed in the
left frame and Chapter 1 (instead of the relevant chapter) in the main
frame. When I try URLs for other chapters, I get the same result (table of
contents
in the left frame, Chapter 1 in the main frame). The Address window of my
browser reveals that a specific section of URL that each link has in common
("HCPM.htm#") is being omitted.
When I copy this now-shortened URL from the Address window and paste it into
the Hyperlink Address for the button, the relevant chapter is displayed but
frames are disabled (so the table of contents isn’t displayed). Is there a
way to get Access to display both the table of contents and desired chapter
upon launching the page? It seems to me that the problem stems from Access
shortening the URLs when opening Internet Explorer but when I check the
properties of the buttons, each URL is there in its entirety.
Thanks much!