Shortcut to file system folder?

[Vaughan]

Question:
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Is it possible to open a file system folder by clicking a button or link on
an Outlook form? If so, how?

Background:
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Our business has a custom form (IPM.Post.Project_Info) that is used to
record certain commercial, admin & planning information about projects in a
public folder.

The engineering department also has technical project data stored in file
system folders (the "Electronic Technical Control File" or ETCF) on the
business's main file server.

Users want to be able to open the ETCF folder for a project by clicking a
button or link on the IPM.Post.Project_Info form for the Project_Info item.

I know how to select and store the path to the project's ETCF folder as a
string in the Project_Info item. I can't figure out how to open a Windows
Explorer window for the folder.

Please could anyone advise? Many thanks in advance.

Vaughan

 

[Vaughan]

OK, I got this working with CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application").
This seems to switch to being a Windows Explorer browser for file system
addresses which is exactly what I want. However, can anyone point me to some
more information about the InternetExplorer.Application's properties?

Thanks

Vaughan