Machine 'A' and machine 'B' are on the same LAN. In the specific scenario I am concerned with right now machine 'B' is running Windows 10, while machine 'A' could be running 10, 7 or XP. i.e. there are several machines, with varying OS's, currently on the LAN that might need to perform this task. I'm using Access 2003 but I am looking for a solution that would work equally well with Access 2010.
Q. Is it possible, using MS Access and VBA, for an Access application on machine 'A' to detect whether a particular application (let's call it Application 'X') is running on machine 'B' and if the application is not detected for the Access application on machine 'A' to start Application 'X' on machine 'B'?
BTW. Application 'X' is not an Access app but for the sake of argument let's say it is the standard windows Notepad.exe application.
Q. Is it possible, using MS Access and VBA, for an Access application on machine 'A' to detect whether a particular application (let's call it Application 'X') is running on machine 'B' and if the application is not detected for the Access application on machine 'A' to start Application 'X' on machine 'B'?
BTW. Application 'X' is not an Access app but for the sake of argument let's say it is the standard windows Notepad.exe application.