Executing a Procedure

[Guest]

I have an access application that copies some files, does some calculations, etc. on a network. The application is usually running. Code gets executed by the timer property of a form.

Some users want to be able to trigger the execution of code (not wait for the timer). How can a user trigger a procedure in an application that is invisible to the user? Users don't and won't have the app open on their computer. I was picturing something like an icon on a user's desktop. The user clicks the icon and this somehow runs a procedure in my application. Can anyone tell me a keyword or a general topic of where to get started doing this? I'm not sure where to begin.

 

[tracey]

Could you duplicate the application, save it on the
network, create a shortcut on the user's machines and run
the procedure when the duplicate app opens and the have
the dup app close after the procedure runs. In short have
one running with the timer event as the trigger and
another with the trigger being: opening of the database?

Just a thought...

-----Original Message-----
I have an access application that copies some files, does

some calculations, etc. on a network. The application is
usually running. Code gets executed by the timer property
of a form.

Some users want to be able to trigger the execution of

code (not wait for the timer). How can a user trigger a
procedure in an application that is invisible to the user?
Users don't and won't have the app open on their computer.
I was picturing something like an icon on a user's
desktop. The user clicks the icon and this somehow runs a
procedure in my application. Can anyone tell me a keyword
or a general topic of where to get started doing this? I'm
not sure where to begin.