Access to Word Document

I gave you a link in my last reply to my BrowsDemo file in my public databases on OneDrive.  The demo includes the following module:

' module basShellExecute

Option Compare Database

Option Explicit

Public Const SW_HIDE = 0

Public Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1

Public Const SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2

Public Const SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3

Public Const OP_OPEN = "Open"

Public Const OP_PRINT = "Print"

Declare PtrSafe Function ShellExecute& Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal _

hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal _

lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nshowcm As Long)

Sub ShellToFile(strPath As String, _

            Optional strOperation As String = OP_OPEN, _

            Optional lngShow As Long = SW_SHOWNORMAL)

    Dim lngRetVal As Long

    Dim lngHwnd As Long

    lngHwnd = Application.hWndAccessApp

    lngRetVal = ShellExecute(lngHwnd, strOperation, strPath, _

        vbNullString, CurDir, lngShow)

    If lngRetVal < 32 Then

        MsgBox "Unable to open/print file " & strPath, vbInformation, "Warning"

    End If

End Sub

Add the module to your database.  To open a file in its associated application you would call the ShellToFile procedure like this:

ShellToFile “C:\MyWordFiles\MyFile.docx”