Well, not as slick as Brian's recommendation, but what we use a macro that gets the filename from dp screen and then opens a dos prompt and types the file name. If file name has a pdf extension, and if the user has Adobe Reader installed on an XP or Vista station, then adobe reader will pop open with that file showing. I use dpmouse to put the macro name in the help screen, so you click on the macro and the file for the displayed record pops up. Cute. Macros are not idiot proof, so report might be easier (e.g, set report to create a batch file perhaps) if you don't know macros...
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Hancock Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:52 PM To: Dataperfect Users Discussion Group Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Attach a PDF file to a DP record Hi Robert, If you use DP as a web database, then you can stored your files on a drive as uniquely named files and store the referecne (pointer) to the file in DP I do not know of any MS-DOS compatible utilities for creating Smart Tag like links Regards Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Kendall <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dataperfect Users Discussion Group <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 6:21 AM Subject: [Dataperf] Attach a PDF file to a DP record I have used DP for my laboratory management system for 14 years. Recently we are in the process of going paperless. Is there someway to attach a PDF image to a DP record? I remember a program Paper Clip that shipped with one of the early DP releases that could do something similar. I don't need to view the image in the DP record, just some type of link that could take me to the images associated with a specific record number. ________________________________ _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
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