>>>>>>Can you put a link in a memo field (to pull up a certain file, URL, etc.) ? If so, how?
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>>>>>check out the EnableHyperlinks property on the editbox object.
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>>>>Thanks, but if I turn them on for the edit boxes that reference the memo fields, how do I format the text within the memo to tell it to display as a hyperlink to a file or URL?
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>>>If it's turned on when you start typing www. it will turn blue and will be able to ctrl+click to follow the link. I don't think you can put a true hyperlink where it's a word that links to a website or file.
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>>I was looking to use it more for a file reference. Is there any alternates in VFP that will allow something like that?
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>file://c:\temp\try.txt will show as a hyperlink and when clicked on will open the file c:\temp\try.txt


That works, but seems kind of sloppy. You can't make the link display a different text then the 'file://..." and you have to hold ctrl down and click on it to go there. Is that the best option out there for VFP?