Opening a powerpoint presentation from Access - filename held in t

[Guest]

I'm sure I must be able to do this within my Access database.

I want to create a button that, when pressed, will open up MS PowerPoint
with a specific file (which can vary). The button is on a form so I want it
to open the power point file for the current record. I will store the
filename in a field for each record - how do I make this filename to be the
file that opens?

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

You can use a Hyperlink field, or you can use the ShellExecute method
outlined in http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0018.htm at "The Access Web"