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Peg O'Kane

2 years ago

I am using the new Edge Browser Control in an Access Form. The image files that I am trying to link are in a MS 365 Sharepoint folder. I have tried several methods of copying the link: go to the Sharepoint directory, right-click and select Copy Link; opening the image in a new tab and copying the url; opening the image in a new tab, right-clicking and selected Copy Image Address. I have also tried several different security settings for the links, but the images are not rendering in the control.

To see if the issue was with the control, I added a second Edge Browser Control to the form and used a static link to an image not in Sharepoint. The image rendered as expected.

Any suggestions as to how the Sharepoint links can be added?

Thank you

	Matt Hall @Reply 2 years ago
You can try syncing your SharePoint library. This should create a OneDrive link that will show up in file explorer. I have been able to link to files in OneDrive that are actually teams files. I don't have the Edge browser control yet, so I was not able to confirm this.

	Alex Hedley @Reply 2 years ago
SharePoint files will prob require authorisation. Not sure if even if you are signed into Access that that permission will transfer over to the control. It probably only works with public images

Peg O'Kane OP @Reply

2 years ago

Thank you both. Matt, using the OneDrive files works well if I am the only one using the database. When someone else uses it, the images do not render for them. Even though they have access to the same files, their OneDrive path is different. I wonder if there is a way to build a variable that would account for that.
Alex, I will look further into the authorization piece, maybe there is a way to set the permissions on the file that will make the link work.

	Matt Hall @Reply 2 years ago
I wonder if the UserFolder value in the registry would be in the same location for every machine. If so, you might be able to read that. Mine is in this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OneDrive\Accounts\Business1\

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