Question

I have a MS Access 2007 database where one field is a hyperlink to a URL on a website that requires authentication. When the hyperlink is opened from MS Access, Internet Explorer requires the user to reauthenticate everytime the hyperlink is open, even if the user s already logged into the website.

When the same hyperlink is opened from MS Outlook 2007 or from the Run Dialog in the Start Menu, and the user is already logged into the website, the hyperlink is opened as expected without forcing the user to reauthenticate. Why is MS Access 2007 behaving differently than MS Outlook 2007, and (in a form) how can I work around this?

Answer 1

I found a workaround for this. In the VBA code for the database I added the following functions:

Public Declare 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 nShowCmd As Long) As Long

Public Function OpenURL(theURL as String)
    ShellExecute Screen.ActiveForm.hWnd, "open", theURL, "", "", vbNormalFocus
End Function

In my form code, I simply call OpenURL as follows:

OpenURL HyperlinkPart(Me![URL], acFullAddress)