Creating a Desktop Icon for Application

[Ausburgh]

Hi Guys,

How can I create a desktop Icon for my Access Application?

Thanks in Advance

 

[Ed2020]

If you mean a shortcut that opens the application, connected to the correct workgroup file with user name and password switches:

The format is:

<Access executable path> <Database path> /WrkGrp <MDW file path> /User <UserName> /Pwd <Password>.

For example:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\MSACCESS.EXE" "D:\TestDB\Test.mdb" /wrkgrp "D:\TestDB\Secure.mdw" /User Ed /Pwd MyPass

If you have spaces in your filepaths the quotes are necessary, otherwise they can be left out.

Ed Metcalfe.

Please do not feed the trolls.....

 

[Pampers]

If you mean how to create a 'special' icon for you access database. There are a lot of programs around to create icons with. If you found/created the appropriate icon, right click on the standard access database icon of your application, choose properties, change icon, browse...

and that is it.

Pampers
Keeping it simple can be complicated

 

[Ausburgh]

Thanks guys