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Include an external linked document in an Access Report
I have an existing question here to print a linked external document: https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22960923/How-to-print-a-linked-document.html
I'm dealing with Word, PDF, TIF, and PPT documents. They reside on a network share, and I have a hyperlink field that points to the physical file. Based on the file extension, I know now to print them without having to call up the application. However, the user now wants a dynamic footer to print with each print job. Example: "this document only good for today's production run: 12/5/07". So the current date will need to be reflected. The user could also pick the option that they want to print it for training which would read "This document only good for training".
I wonder if I can create an Access report that contains a field in the footer that I can update as needed. In the Body of the report, I place an OLE link refernce which I try to update at print time to point at the selected document. I don't have much experience with OLE links in reports, but appear to have no trouble defining an OLE link to a Word Document. Howerver, I can't do the same for the PDF, TIF or strangely enough PPT files. I get errors when trying to add the OLE linked file.
Is this a good direction to go for this problem? If so, any suggestions on how to include a link for the other file types? And more importantly, how do I update the link properties at load time?
I'm dealing with Word, PDF, TIF, and PPT documents. They reside on a network share, and I have a hyperlink field that points to the physical file. Based on the file extension, I know now to print them without having to call up the application. However, the user now wants a dynamic footer to print with each print job. Example: "this document only good for today's production run: 12/5/07". So the current date will need to be reflected. The user could also pick the option that they want to print it for training which would read "This document only good for training".
I wonder if I can create an Access report that contains a field in the footer that I can update as needed. In the Body of the report, I place an OLE link refernce which I try to update at print time to point at the selected document. I don't have much experience with OLE links in reports, but appear to have no trouble defining an OLE link to a Word Document. Howerver, I can't do the same for the PDF, TIF or strangely enough PPT files. I get errors when trying to add the OLE linked file.
Is this a good direction to go for this problem? If so, any suggestions on how to include a link for the other file types? And more importantly, how do I update the link properties at load time?
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