Default viewer of JPEG Hyperlinks

[Cabby]

Access 2000:

With the help of Mr. Linson, Mr. Toews, Mr. Meyer, Mr. Steele, and DBPix, I
created a db that will scan an invoice and link it to a specific repair.

When I review old repairs and see that an invoice is linked with that
repair, I want to view invoice and if it's the right one then I want to
print the invoice. I decided to use hyperlinks as my easiest way to view and
print.

Outside of Access, when I dblClick on filename.jpg, my default viewer
displays the picture. But inside Access, when I click on a hyperlink that
refers to filename.jpg, InternetExplorer opens up to display my picture. Can
I change this? I want my default picture viewer to open up and display the
picture. BTW, I was able to edit hyperlink so that I can get my default
viewer to open up but it just displays the default picture folder.

TIA
Cabby

 

[Graham Mandeno]

Hi Cabby

Hyperlinks are always processed by the default browser. Instead you might
like to try the code at http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0018.htm. It will
use the Windows Explorer shell to launch the application associated with the
given file - in your case the default picture viewer.