Thanks, SD. Indeed it is with the PATH element that I have the problem.
The problem I have is that the absolute path differs on each PC. The Magic Briefcase is installed in My Documents, so as a minimum the User ID makes each absolute path unique; sure, I can paste C:\Users\TLXV105\Documents\Magic Briefcase\subfolder_name\test_document.doc as my URL, but if your Windows Username is not also TLXV105, clicking the link will not find the target document that already exists on your PC.
In practice, the fact that we are not all using W7 means that other factors change the Magic Briefcase location as well, so a pre-defined system variable is the only way I can think of to account for this.
Last edited by The late XV105; 19th December 2011 at 23:09.
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