creating a field whicn contains a link to external files (pdf tif

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jd - 20 Apr 2006 12:48 GMT

Is it possible to set up a field in a database which contains a live
clickable link to a file, a pdf/doc/tiff etc?
I would like to be able to create the link so that if it were clicked it
would produce the alert window as seen in an internet browser window where it
asks if you want to open the file or save it.
thanks in advance

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jd - 20 Apr 2006 16:16 GMT

further to my post, the reason behind me asking is that I keep hearing about
the 2Gb database size limit. I thought a way round it would be to provide a
live link to the images/files instead. This way they could be viewed if
required and if the viewer doesn't need to see them the images wouldn't be
needlessly expanding the database file size.

> Is it possible to set up a field in a database which contains a live
> clickable link to a file, a pdf/doc/tiff etc?
> I would like to be able to create the link so that if it were clicked it
> would produce the alert window as seen in an internet browser window where it
> asks if you want to open the file or save it.
> thanks in advance

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Ken Sheridan - 20 Apr 2006 16:44 GMT

My demo at:

http://community.netscape.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=libraryMessages&tsn=1&tid=239
13&webtag=ws-msdevapps

might be a suitable starting point. It stores the paths to image files in a
text field and loads them into an image control on demand. If you want to
suppress the progress message when JPEGs are loaded you can do this with the
following registry hack:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics
Filters\Import\JPEG\Options]

"ShowProgressDialog"="No"

Ken Sheridan
Stafford, England

> further to my post, the reason behind me asking is that I keep hearing about
> the 2Gb database size limit. I thought a way round it would be to provide a
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> > asks if you want to open the file or save it.
> > thanks in advance

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