TanyaSealey
Programmer
Does anyone know how to extract the full path name of a linked file in an OLE field using Access 97 or 2002? Thanks.
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OLE field Path Names
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Spitfingas
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So this question has been up here since September? I am currently working on that problem as well. I tried extracting and storing the path in a field as the link was established...as provided by the MSKB(KB170531). That didnt work out. Looking at the ole header during debug - I cannot see anything that resembles a path string in there.
I have continued to scour web and books and have not found a solution to this one yet. It may require linking/storing the path through a CommonDialog box - or Drive/Dir/FileListbox controls on a form, and then activating the appropriate application based on file extension instead of using bound ole. Lemme know if you find an easier way out of this. Thanks.
I have continued to scour web and books and have not found a solution to this one yet. It may require linking/storing the path through a CommonDialog box - or Drive/Dir/FileListbox controls on a form, and then activating the appropriate application based on file extension instead of using bound ole. Lemme know if you find an easier way out of this. Thanks.
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