Hi Daniel, Do you mean something like this?
In my Entity form, I have an image of the Entity. It could be any control, like a text box.
If I double click on the image, I get a Word document to appear by just changing the file type suffix.
I think I got this trick from a Richard video (don't remember which one).
It will open any kind of file in Windows, not just .jpg or .docx as the suffix calls any kind of application if a Window's default is configured for that type of file.

See image below. If I'm close, I'll post the code for you to modify for your needs.

Thomas, I do think that is something at least close to what I am looking for. I would greatly appreciate your sharing the code with me!

Private Sub img_EntityID_DblClick(Cancel As Integer)
  Dim FileName As String
  If Not IsNull([tbxn_4_EntityID]) Then
    FileName = TempVars!PathBe & "\EntityImg\" & LTrim(Str([tbxn_4_EntityID])) & ".docx"
    If Dir(FileName) <> "" Then
      Call sDoOpenLink(FileName)
    End If
  End If

End Sub

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@Daniel, ooops , in reviewing this I see I missed adding my called subroutine code:

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'**Opens link in the default application
Public Sub sDoOpenLink(ByVal aLink As String)
  Dim oShell As Object
  Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
  oShell.ShellExecute aLink, "", "", "open", 1
  If Not oShell Is Nothing Then Set oShell = Nothing
End Sub
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@Thomas, I found a much simpler solution for my needs in a TechHelp video using the Shell command/function…  shell “win word.exe name of the file path and file name including extension, vbNormalFocus

The only issue I have with it is that part of the file path contains spaces as named by my IT guys at work so I need to figure out a workaround for that and I’ll should be good to go.

Wrap the path in quotes.

@Daniel There is always a simple way. Building more generic software to get things done for a variety of situations (as in building a RAD) has been my goal for 40+ years. It takes a lot more work upfront, it's harder to figure out for a new programmer, but it cuts down on later work and conflicting code.

I probably started with Richard's TechHelp that you mentioned. In fact, since Richard and I are both old timer developers, and consequently have run up against the same issues over-and-over again, I often start with his solutions to the same common need that I had in my old, non-Access applications.

He deals with them all one at a time, the best way for training. The ADS wraps up all the individual solutions into one big package that's cohesive. As such, my contributions here are often more complex, but as I said, more generic.