I dont want http:// as my base at all!

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I am trying to build an MS access 2003 DB that will have a list of AIM
names. then to have a hyperlink to send the AIM. I have to commands to
send the aim not a problem except the hyperlink to do this is:

aim:goim?screenname=PLACETHESCREENNAMEHERE

well i have built all that i need accept a way to make my string a
hyperlink that will execute the command.

I have even gotten a way to make the string a hyperlink but now the
http:// is holding me back

Any IDEAS!!
 
Just an update, the base is not the issue,


the issue is that when you format to hyperlink in the table it inserts
http://



an this be changed to blank?
 
Just an update, the base is not the issue,


the issue is that when you format to hyperlink in the table it inserts
http://



an this be changed to blank?
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What is AIM? That acronym could refer to any number of things; I'd guess it
is AOL Instant Messaging, but it would be nice if you'd make it clear.

If you don't communicate via http://, what route do you use? If you have
client software installed on your machine, perhaps you need the Shell
function, rather than a hyperlink.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
did you try setting the field type in your table as text (not
hyperlink) and then setting the format of the field on your form as a
hyperlink?
 
AIM does mean AOL instant messenger:

the HTML code to do the function i want is
aim:goim?screenname=XXXXXXXXXXX


This is the code you can code in the HTML of a webpage so i thought
that it needed to be a hyperlink.

I know that it works as a hyperlink without the http:// so a hyperlink
could work if the default for hyperlink did not include the http://
 
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