ACC2002: The Back Button Appears Dimmed in the Browser After You Click Hyperlink on a Data Access Page (292501)

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

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).

For a Microsoft Access 2000 version of this article, see 200596.

SYMPTOMS

If you open a data access page in Microsoft Access and then click a hyperlink on the page, the browser opens a Web page, as expected. However, you cannot click the Back button in the browser to return to the page in Microsoft Access.

RESOLUTION

If you want to use the Back button immediately after clicking a hyperlink on a page, open the page in Web page preview. To do this, open the page in Design view or Page view, and then on the File menu, click Web Page Preview.

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Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
In the Database window, click Pages under Objects, and then click New.
In the New Data Access Page dialog box, click Design View, and then click OK.
On the Insert menu, click Hyperlink. In the Text to display box, type MS Support. In the Address box, type http://www.microsoft.com/support, and then click OK.
On the File menu, click Save As. Type Page1 in the Save Data Access Page '<Page name>' To box, and then click OK. Note the location where the HTML file will be saved, and then click Save.
On the View menu, click Page View.
Click MS Support.

Note that the Web page opens in the browser; however, the Back button is not available (appears dimmed).