hi, i got help from mguntenaar on an issue similar to this on saturday. he showed me how to link to jpg or gif files from a repeat region. it worked great. now i have a new situation. i have to link to pdf files instead of jpg or gif. has anyone done this yet? THANKS!!!!!
the original code mguntenaar gave me was

<td><font face="Verdana" size="1"><a href="#" onclick="MM_openBrWindow('showpic.asp?ID=<%=(VistaCollateral.Fields.Item("ID".Value)%>','popup','width=220,height=250')">PIC</a></font></td>

never mind, i figured it out. thanks