Hi;

Is there a way, preferrably using macros / VBA, to change the action of
Hyperlinks?

Right now, some of my users find that if they inadvertently click once on a
hyperlink they end up getting an email program ('Word") which they didn't
intend. Can I change calling hyperlink action to a double click or
Ctrl-click or something more deliberate.

Secondly, how can I set up a preferred email program for Excel hyperlinks
for each different user? Baseing it on login name would do.

Regards Bill

You can't change the real hyperlink, but you can use the beforedouble click
event to react to a double click on the cell. Put a string in the cell and
make it look like a hyperlink by formatting it as blue with an underline.

Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, Cancel As
Boolean)
if Target.count 1 then exit sub
if not intersect(Target,Range("B9,B13,B16,B23")) is nothing then
Cancel = False
select Case Target.Address(0,0)
Case "B9"
ThisWorkbook.FollowHyperlink "actual hyperlink string"
Case "B13"
Application.Goto Worksheets("Sheet6").Range("F11"), True
Case

and so forth

There is a registry setting for the default mail program, but I don't have
any information on it. Perhaps someone else will jump in.

You might want to use the hyperlink Mailto: command. That should use the
default mail program.

http://tinyurl.com/zc44h

See Gary's post and of course Ron de Bruin's links.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

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"Bill Case" wrote:

Hi;

Is there a way, preferrably using macros / VBA, to change the action of
Hyperlinks?

Right now, some of my users find that if they inadvertently click once on a
hyperlink they end up getting an email program ('Word") which they didn't
intend. Can I change calling hyperlink action to a double click or
Ctrl-click or something more deliberate.

Secondly, how can I set up a preferred email program for Excel hyperlinks
for each different user? Baseing it on login name would do.

Regards Bill