Adding a hotlink to an attribute field in QGIS

How to add hotlink to QGIS? I saw this but had some problem. I want to open network location like \\fileserver\filefolder\file1.excel but it ends with error.

Edit: The network location is stored in a column of the table eg. URL column contains URL value for each attribute. Different row has different URL.

Answer

This way it works for me on Windows and Qgis 1.8.0:

Create a point shapefile with a field url of type string. Add a point and fill the url field with

\\\\.xls 

without any blanks or quotation marks unless you have blanks in folder and filenames. Don't forget to save the layer, end leave edit mode.

In the layers properties, create a new action of type Generic , name it open and add

cmd /c [% "url" %] 

as action.

Select the Action icon, move the mouse over the point and click to open the excel sheet. The Excel sheet should have the standard .xls extension.