I have an application where I would like to store file paths and names in a
text field in a table, and from a form allow the user to open and display
various file types in their native applications:  Word, Excel, Jpeg, PDF,
etc.  The path and name would be formatted as a hyperlink in the form
control.

I've experimented with Dev Ashish's fHandlefile API and it does open each of
the file types.  PDF files and Jpeg files open maximized in Windows as they
should.  But Word and Excel files open and then immediately minimize to the
task bar, and the user is returned to the Access form.  Here's the code I'm
using in the click event of the file name control on the form:

           dim x as boolean
           x = fHandleFile(Me!PathAndFileName, WIN_MAX)

Is there a way in the code to make Word and Excel stay maximized until the
user closes them?

Bill