Don’t know the answer to your problem but I don’t use hyperlinks and
if you cannot find a solution to it you can try this
I don’t use the hyperlink I only store the path in my database
Ie
C:\programfiles\mydocuments\document.doc
Or
http://www.google.co.nz
I then assign this to a control and use onclick to run this code
Application.FollowHyperlink mycontrol.Value
Hope this helps
Regards
Kelvan