Hi Folks:

I can open a Word Pro 97 file using the SEND EVENT script (with the relative
path of the file stored in a text field as Account/File1.doc)) as long as I
open the FMPro 7 database within its directory. If I place a shortcut on
the desktop and open the database the relative file reference does not work.

I also tried: file:/C:/Program Files/FMDatabase/Account/File1.doc
as the full path ... with no luck.

Any help would be greatly appreciated in resolving this problem.

Regards,

Al Lawrance

Try the open URL script step with full path

Ursus


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"ursus.kirk" <secret (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote

Tried the URL approach ... same result as SEND EVENT script discussed below.

On Windows for the full path you have to use

filewin:/C:/Program Files/FMDatabase/Account/File1.doc

This will work



Jeroen Aarts

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Any other ideas???

Al

Read your question again. If I now understand correctly you want to open a
shortcut, pointing to a file. not the file itself.

Now pointing to a link does change sthe filename. You no longer point to
c:\MyMap\MyDoc.doc, but have to ad dot lnk to it, opening the file
c:\MyMap\MyDoc.doc.lnk

Ursus

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"ursus.kirk" <secret (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote

No ... when I open the database file by double-clicking the file name in its
directory the SEND EVENT script works because the doc files are nested in
folders inside the database's folder.

However, if I make a desktop shortcut of the database file ... and launch
the application from this shortcut residing on the desktop, the SEND EVENT
script does not open the doc file like it did when the database was opened
in its folder. It comes up with an error 3 when
filewin:/c:/DatabasefolderName/Accounts/Account1.doc is used as the absolute
path in Windows.

Al

Now this is realy strange, an error 3 means: Command is unavailable (for
example, wrong operating system, wrong mode, etc)

One more shot: opening the properties of the shortcut there is an entry box
which says Start In (or something similar). Has this properly been filled?
(The path where the original file resides should be in here.

Ursus

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