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Find Correct PDF file and Open PDF within MS Access 2007

Asked by satzm in Access Forms, Microsoft Access Database, Access Architecture/Design

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I would like to FIND and OPEN a SPECIFIC PDF File within MS Access. My MSdatabase is over 17000 records with many fields (this is a law firm). We have PDF files related to each account contained within the database. Currently we have a large folder of ALL our cases' images of related PDF files, i.e. case #37-10000 (in MS Access) has documents relating to that case information in PDF format.

We would like to be able to look at the MS Access 2007 MDB file and then press a button to open the applicable documents relating to that case (in PDF Format). The key information is the account # field in access. The PDF documents are stored under the same account #, i.e. 37-10000.pdf.

If we create a field in the database table for an OLE attachment, we will have to manually add each record's PDFs. Instead, we would like the database to look at the correct folder and open the appropriate PDF file. As such, the FIND and OPEN commands for the PDF file are the issue for that specific PDF file.

Is there anyway to link the account # field in the MS Access 2007 database to a search to find ONLY the specified PDF document and OPEN only that file's images? The folder for the database is different than that of the PDF files.

Finally *I DO NOT KNOW VBA programming; can this be done using a Macro tied to a button command?

Comments: MDB File name Contacts.MDB ; Key Field: Account #; File names for PDF XX-XXXXX.pdf Folders: F:/userdocs/contacts/contact.mdb  Folder for PDF files: F:/userdocs/contacts/images

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