Microsoft KB Archive/208198

= ACC2000: Hyperlink Starts New Access or Internet Explorer Instance =

Article ID: 208198

Article Last Modified on 6/24/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q208198



Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.



SUMMARY
When you click a hyperlink that opens a Microsoft Access database or an Internet Web page, a new instance of Access or Internet Explorer starts, even if one is already started on your computer.



Hyperlinks to Microsoft Access Objects
Each time that you click a hyperlink to a database object, Access checks to see if that database is open on your computer. If the database is open, the object is displayed in the open database. If the database is not open, a new instance of Access is started to open the database and to display the object.

NOTE: If you follow a link to a database object, and that database is opened exclusively by another user, a new instance of Access starts and tries to open the database. When it fails, you receive the error message:

Couldn't use ''; file already in use.

Then you must manually close the second instance of Access.

Hyperlinks to Internet Web Pages
Each hyperlink that contains a World Wide Web or intranet address opens a separate instance of your Web browser. To improve performance and to preserve system resources, quit your Web browser after each use before you click another Internet/intranet hyperlink in Access.

Hyperlinks to Other Objects
If you create hyperlinks to other documents, such as Microsoft Word or Excel files, when you click the link, the application starts and opens the document. If you link to another document in the same application, the document opens as a separate window in the currently running instance of that application. This rule applies to multiple-document interface (MDI) applications only; that is, those applications which support opening multiple documents in the same instance of the program.

