Recent content by joeshaw123

Right then, I have got it to work in a roundabout way! I have gone back to using a hyperlink because I couldn't get the shell to work whatsoever. I believe it may be because of a similar problem though. To diagnose what I was doing wrong, I placed a msgbox in there to see what access was seeing...

Thanks for the response. I have been able to get shell to open basic .exe's but the network that I am using is on a variety of operating systems, each with their own applications installed. Therefore rather than having a full application path, which I need for AcroRd32.exe as the shell won't...

Hi all, Found this forums on my search to uncover what I am doing wrong. I am a complete beginner at using access and VBA, but have been thrust into this position and need to get my head round some basic things! I'll explain what I need to achieve first: I have a...