Application.FollowHyperlink (Access)

The FollowHyperlink method opens the document or webpage specified by a hyperlink address.

By using the FollowHyperlink method, you can follow a hyperlink that doesn't exist in a control. This hyperlink may be supplied by you or by the user. For example, you can prompt a user to enter a hyperlink address in a dialog box, and then use the FollowHyperlink method to follow that hyperlink. You can use the extrainfo and method arguments to supply additional information when navigating to a hyperlink. For example, you can supply parameters to a search engine. You can use the Follow method to follow a hyperlink associated with a control.

FollowHyperlink (Address, SubAddress, NewWindow, AddHistory, ExtraInfo, Method, HeaderInfo)

Function GetUserAddress() As Boolean 
    Dim strInput As String 
 
    On Error GoTo Error_GetUserAddress 
    strInput = InputBox("Enter a valid address") 
    Application.FollowHyperlink strInput, , True 
    GetUserAddress = True 
 
Exit_GetUserAddress: 
    Exit Function 
 
Error_GetUserAddress: 
    MsgBox Err & ": " & Err.Description 
    GetUserAddress = False 
    Resume Exit_GetUserAddress 
End Function

Arguments

The following argument is required

Address (String) - A string expression that evaluates to a valid hyperlink address.

Optional arguments

The following arguments are optional

SubAddress (String) - A string expression that evaluates to a named location in the document specified by the address argument. The default is a zero-length string (" ").

NewWindow (Boolean) - A Boolean value where True (1) opens the document in a new window and False (0) opens the document in the current window. The default is False.

AddHistory (Boolean) - A Boolean value where True adds the hyperlink to the History folder and False doesn't add the hyperlink to the History folder. The default is True.

ExtraInfo (String) - A string or an array of Byte data that specifies additional information for navigating to a hyperlink. For example, this argument may be used to specify a search parameter for an .asp or .idc file. In your web browser, the extrainfo argument may appear after the hyperlink address, separated from the address by a question mark (?). You don't need to include the question mark when you specify the extrainfo argument.

Method (Office.MsoExtraInfoMethod) - An MsoExtraInfoMethod constant that specifies how the extrainfo argument is attached.

HeaderInfo (String) - A string that specifies header information. By default, the headerinfo argument is a zero-length string.