How To Embed A Document Viewer in Access 2010 Form

[technobia]

I want to dynamically view documents with various file types: PDF, DOCX, XLSX, JPG etc in an Access 2010 form and I have absolutely no idea where to begin. I would at the very least like to be able to view PDF files.

Some posts I have seen discuss using the WebControl and I have played around with that but all I can get it to view is a directory of files not the actual file itself.

Any help will be most appreciated.
Jody

 

[genomon]

This code will open the filename you pass in it's default application. It would be easy enough to pick the file from a Common Dialog Control and pass the filename to it:

Public Sub OpenDocument(strDocPath As String)

    Dim G As Long
    G = Shell("RUNDLL32.EXE URL.DLL,FileProtocolHandler " & strDocPath, vbNormalFocus)

End Sub

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