Can Action Buttons Open HyperLinks?

[NathanBurley]

HI All,

I don't think it's possible but i wanted to ask: is there a way to configure a customer action button / or any button to open a hyperlink? I'm creating some help documents for the end users and would like a '?' action button which opens the relevant help doc for the page. Help docs will be stored in the company SharePoint.

 

[Minty]

In the on click event of the command button add

application.followhyperlink "path to where ever you want to go"

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb237946(v=office.12).aspx

 

[NathanBurley]

Hi Minty,

I can't get this to work. Is this for Access only or do you know for sure it works with Web Apps? It just won't save the new command.

 

[Minty]

Ah apologies I missed this thread was in Access web forum...

This appears to be a solution

Found a solution for the hyperlink control here:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-web-app/b34f6810-f83e-4acf-a634-74fb3d3e0170

Format a dynamic field like this: 

=Concat("Click here#/relative/path/on/my/sharepointsite/allitems.aspx&ID=",[ID],"#")

 

[NathanBurley]

Thanks Minty - yeh I was hoping to be able to attach the functionality to one of the action buttons but it looks like that's not possible. I've defaulted to using a static Hyperlink control with a static 'Help' text for each form I'm using.

Cheers for the help anyway!

N