Hyperlink works first time but not second time

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I have heard that this is a Microsoft "feature" and I'm hoping that someone
knows a workaround.

In my Access database I am storing URLs as text and using:
Application.FollowHyperlink Me.txtLink & "#", , True
in a button click event.

The links are to documents in another application. The links worked great
until the application upgraded to using jsp. Now any of the links will take
you to the right document the first time it is clicked, but for some reason,
clicking a second time (for the same document or a different document) takes
you to a default page in the application--not to the correct document. If I
close Access and open it again, I get to one correct document (all of them
work on the first click) and that is it.

Strangely, I see this same behavior if I copy the links to Excel or Word.
But if I copy all the links to an Outlook email message, I can click over and
over and the links all work.

Has anyone encountered this situation and come up with a workaround (or know
of a Microsoft patch)?

Thank you,
Judy
 
Judy said:
I have heard that this is a Microsoft "feature" and I'm hoping that someone
knows a workaround.

In my Access database I am storing URLs as text and using:
Application.FollowHyperlink Me.txtLink & "#", , True
in a button click event.
Click to expand...

Sorry, I'm afraid I don't know the answer, but it seems that nobody else
has offered a solution...

Is the system possibly checking for a Bookmark tag in the target
document, because of the "#", and not finding it? (Bookmark tags look
like <a name=HereIAm>bookmark</a>.) What happens if you omit the "#"?

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