Access / Word Workaround

[Ken Curtis]

I know that a Word document can not be opened by Access. This topic has been
discussed endlessly (and correctly so) in these discussion groups.

However, I have created a table (Forms) and pasted Word documents to it. In
Access (on an Access form) I have created a combo box that lists my Word
documents, and attached that to a bound object frame. By selecting a Word
document from the combo box I can "see" the Word document in the object
frame. This is great for previewing the Word documents.

BUT, surely there is a way to tell Access to open the Word document IN Word.
Can I have Access open Word - the program - and then have that program (Word)
open the document I am "seeing"?

This sound doable ... if thought through by one of you people who know what
you're doing (and, apparently, very well!).

Thanks

 

[fredg]

I know that a Word document can not be opened by Access. This topic has been
discussed endlessly (and correctly so) in these discussion groups.

However, I have created a table (Forms) and pasted Word documents to it. In
Access (on an Access form) I have created a combo box that lists my Word
documents, and attached that to a bound object frame. By selecting a Word
document from the combo box I can "see" the Word document in the object
frame. This is great for previewing the Word documents.

BUT, surely there is a way to tell Access to open the Word document IN Word.
Can I have Access open Word - the program - and then have that program (Word)
open the document I am "seeing"?

This sound doable ... if thought through by one of you people who know what
you're doing (and, apparently, very well!).

Thanks

Answered elsewhere.
Please do not multi-post. If you feel you must post the same question
to more than one newsgroup (and it's seldom necessary), crosspost by
adding each additional newsgroup in the To Newsgroups: box, separated
by a comma.
This way an answer in one newsgroup will be seen in each of the
others. More readers will see the response and learn, and less time
will be spent on duplicate answers.

See Netiquette at http://www.mvps.org/access

It's a great site to visit anyway.

 

[Ken Curtis]

Thank you for the advice re posting, fredg. It is good, and I will adhere to
it.