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ACC2000: FollowHyperlink Method Uses Current Instance of Database

Article ID: 198458

Article Last Modified on 6/30/2004

Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q198458

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

SYMPTOMS

If you use the FollowHyperlink method to link to an object in the same Microsoft Access database, and you set the newwindow argument to True, the object will not appear in a new instance of Microsoft Access. The object will instead appear in the current window.

CAUSE

The newwindow Argument of the FollowHyperlink method has no effect on links to Microsoft Access objects. If the object to which you are linking is in the same Microsoft Access database, the object will always appear in the current window. Conversely, if the object to which you are linking is in another database, the object will appear in a new window as another instance of Microsoft Access. In either case, setting the newwindow argument in the FollowHyperlink method to True or False has no effect.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Start Microsoft Access and open the sample database Northwind.mdb.

Create a new module and type the following procedure:

Sub Test()
   Application.FollowHyperlink "","Form Categories",True
End Sub

To test this procedure, type the following line in the Immediate Window, and then press ENTER:
```
   Test
						
```
Note that, although you set the newwindow argument to True, the Categories form opens in the current window instead of in a new window.

REFERENCES

For more information about the FollowHyperlink Method, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type FollowHyperlink in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

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