Open a form from a command line

[cassie99]

Hello.

Is there any way to open a form when referencing the path of a database at the command line? Is there a switch available to do this? Thanks in advance.

C:\Program Files\SomeDbFolder\SomeDb.mdb ?frmSomeForm?

Cassie

 

[thornmastr]

Cassie,

Technically no.

However, the /x macro-name switch will start a named macro when Access starts. This is something like the Autoexec macro that Access would run at startup during the days of Access 2.0.

But……why do you need this option? If you will check out the startup options of your database, you can force a form to come up as soon as access starts, so you don’t need what you are asking for.
Robert Berman
Data Base consultant
Vulcan Software Services
thornmastr@yahoo.com

 

[cassie99]

Robert,

Thanks. That should take care of business for me. I need to run different batch processes throughout the evening. I launch the processes from a timer event associated with a form.

I also read your FAQ "How do I log users off a database and keep them off?". It was very helpful.

Thanks again.

Cassie