Default Image Viewer

[h1000]

Just wondering can anyone help me please. I am only a learner with access so please go easy.

I am using access 2000.

Problem:

I have worked out from a lot of help from this forum how to put a cmd Button on my form to call the dialog window and store a file path in one of my text fields called “imagelinks” I can then view the image on a subform. I have two buttons one to insert a new image and another to delete the image. So far so good. Now I want to put another button on the form to preview the image with the default image browser. Can this be done so that if I gave a copy of the database to my friend and he has a different image browser the image can still be viewed by the click of that button.

I hope I have explained the above so it can be understood. myself.

Thanks in advance.

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[h1000]

Sorted with the use of ghudson’s “Browsing2” download sample.

Got the hint from another thread, something about the Shell command

Such a great site for newbies like myself.

Thanks anyway
h

 

[ghudson]

Glad you were able to work it out and I even more impressed that you resolved your issue by searching the forum!