From Shell Command to Browse To

[Brad Holderman]

Greetings,

In my database, I have created an option using the Shell command to open an
external document using a specific program. I am having trouble with my next
step, in that, if a partcular computer user doesn't have that program, a
"Browse to" window will open, in which a user can select a preferred program.
99% of the files are image files (.tif, .plt, etc.). What I am shooting for
would be the equivalent of the Open With window in Explorer. A second
difficulty I have had in my attempts with Help files, etc. are the proper
keywords in searching for any kind of help.

In this regards, any halp would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Brad

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Take a look at http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0018.htm at "The Access
Web".

 

[Brad Holderman]

Douglas,

Thanks for the direction. I have gone to the Access Web many times, but as
I had stated, one of my problems is not quite understanding what I was
looking for.