Command line switches

[Guest]

Access 2000

Is there a command line switch that will bypass any startup forms (ie the
equivalent of holding down the shift key)

Thanks in advance
Simon

 

[TC]

Not to my knowledge.

Why do you want to suppress the startup form?

HTH,
TC [MVP Access]

 

[Guest]

Laziness!!!

I was just going to put the switch in my short cut for when I need to open
my mdb for development

Thanks for the info TC

 

[Craig Alexander Morrison]

Use the /cmd to pass a value to a StartUp routine using the Command function
you can query the value passed from the command line.

On Windows Explorer File Type you can add and command for your MDB/MDE etc
to pass this parameter or indeed to Compact, Decompile or use the Runtime
switch.

Use a fake StartUp form, I use a single pixel blank form and the OnOpen
event immediately passes control to a StartUp routine and in that routine
you could check for the value in the /cmd parameter and then open the true
StartUp form or not as the case may be.

Just a suggestion....

 

[SusanV]

Wouldn't it save even more effort to simply hold down the shift key when
opening for dev?

;-)


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hth,
SusanV

Laziness!!!

I was just going to put the switch in my short cut for when I need to open
my mdb for development

Thanks for the info TC

Not to my knowledge.

Why do you want to suppress the startup form?

HTH,
TC [MVP Access]