Linking Switchboard button to a .doc file

[dab1477]

Thanks in advance for the help.
I would like create a menu within my database switchboard that will lead to
a directions page that will assist in using each of my sub-menus within the
switchboard. I have created these directions as Word documents that contain
text and embedded pictures of the menus or windows. How do I import a .doc
extension into the database in order to have it link to a menu button? Can I
do this if the .doc resides outside of the database?
I envision the user clicking a switchboard menu button and linking to a set
of directions with a .doc extension. The .doc file would be opened for
reading the directions. Thanks.

 

[Allen Browne]

Use a label (unattached) on your form, and set its Hyperlink Address
property to the fully qualified file name, like this:
file:///C:/My%20Documents/MyFile.doc

Note the file prefix, reversed slashes, and %20 instead of space in the file
name.

 

[dab1477]

Thank you.

Use a label (unattached) on your form, and set its Hyperlink Address
property to the fully qualified file name, like this:
file:///C:/My%20Documents/MyFile.doc

Note the file prefix, reversed slashes, and %20 instead of space in the file
name.