Opening a document through a combo box 
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 Opening a document through a combo box

I need to open a document when the user selects something from the combo
box. how can i do this? i need to open a word document


Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:50:50 GMT  
 Opening a document through a combo box
use combo's AfterUpdate event to catch user input
and use shellexecute api function
http://c85.cemi.rssi.ru/access/TipDetail.idc?TipID=5
to open word document

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Alex Dybenko (MVP)
http://Alex.Dybenko.com



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> I need to open a document when the user selects something from the combo
> box. how can i do this? i need to open a word document



Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:25:58 GMT  
 
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