Yes it sounds do-able, but I'm not sure about this

>>An additional nice feature might be to be able to click a link in the balloon to bring user directly to the GoldMine application record.<<

You can put a URL on the Pushpin, but I doubt a Goldmine application record can be reference by a URL? Maybe you can do it by monitoring the mouse click events and have the MapPoint com add-in automate Goldmine? I am not sure.

I would see if you can first just export the data from Goldmine to an Excel spreadsheet, and then map it in MapPoint using the data import wizard. i.e. before you spend any time in books or delving into the programming, first mock up the map and how you want the map designed in MapPoint. Then you already have the map you want, even though it took several steps and clicks to get there.

hope this helps,
Eric

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