Launch External Files from SSRS

I have a report that will list the names of files that are attached to this report in the database. I would like to include the list of files from the database and allow the users to click or double click the file name and have the file load.
Is there a way for SSRS to do this? The files can be in multiple formats, and in the project that adds the files we can use:
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(filepath)
And it will launch the correct process to view the files. I have stored the the file itself in an image column, and I also have the full path and the file name in columns as well so I could create a dataset to retrieve the file names and show them
on the report.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks.

Hi katghoti,
If I understand correctly, you want to embed external files (word, pdf, image etc.) into a report in Reporting Services. If in this scenario, I suggest that you can use the following two methods to achieve your requirement:
Embed these files into database.
    1) Use the SQL commands to embed these files in database as the image data.
    2) Use the .net language (C#, VB) to convert this data into the image.
    3) Use the image control to show these images, which are files embedded in database.
Reference:
How to embed a pdf document in Reporting Services
Upload these files in the report server, access them using URL.
    1) We can upload these files in the report manager.
    2) Adding hyperlinks to reports to link to these files stored on the report server.
Reference:
URL Access Parameter Reference in Reporting Services
How to add a Hyperlink to a URL in Reporting Services
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Katherine Xiong
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