Open picture in MS Photo Editor

[Brett Kinross]

Recently I just changed all the linked photos in the
database to load via saving the path file instead of OLE
linking with the code as follows:

If Len(Me!Path) > 0 Then
Me![OLEPicture].Picture = Me![Path]

This works great however what I want to be able to do is
to be able to open the picture for editing/printing etc
in MS Photo Editor. When it was an OLE linked file all
you needed to do was double click on the picture to
autoactivate it. Is there a way to emulate this?
Thanks in advance.
Brett

 

[Ron Weiner]

If it were me, I'd use Shell Execute. See the code here
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0018.htm It should make it happen for you.

Ron W

 

[Brett Kinross]

Thanks Ron
Looks like what I need. Thanks also to the guys at MVPS.
Cheers
Brett

-----Original Message-----
If it were me, I'd use Shell Execute. See the code here
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0018.htm It should make it happen for you.

Ron W

Recently I just changed all the linked photos in the
database to load via saving the path file instead of OLE
linking with the code as follows:

If Len(Me!Path) > 0 Then
Me![OLEPicture].Picture = Me![Path]

This works great however what I want to be able to do is
to be able to open the picture for editing/printing etc
in MS Photo Editor. When it was an OLE linked file all
you needed to do was double click on the picture to
autoactivate it. Is there a way to emulate this?
Thanks in advance.
Brett

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