[AccessD] MDW file

John,

Is it possible that you're seeing only part (the last part) of the
command line in the shortcut?  The syntax for passing the workgroup on
the command line is: 

Path to msaccess.exe, followed by path and filename of target mdb,
followed by the workgroup switch (/wrkgrp), followed by the path and
filename of target mdw.

For example:

"c:\program files\msoffice\office\msaccess.exe"
"c:\MyDatabases\target.mdb" /wrkgrp "c:\MyDatabases\target.mdw"

Note that quotes around the segments are only critical if there are
spaces in the strings (doesn't hurt to include them, though), and that
the positions of the path to the mdb and the workgroup segment are
interchangeable.  Thus, if the other programmer had put the workgroup
segment before the mdb segment, you might be seeing just the tail end of
the one followed by the entirety of the other.

Hope this helps.

Don McGillivray



-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Clark
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:47 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] MDW file


This group has helped me so much over the past two years. My confidence
has increased 1000%, which I attribute directly to my involvement with
this list. Just yesterday, my boss made some crack about an external
programmer that they have used...basically saying that if I get as good
as him I could do what he does (he is currently taking a year off and
traveling the country in an RV)...and for the first time, I stood up and
said, "I am just as good, if not better, than [that guy]."
 
Anyhow, now that I have explained how 'good' I have become, I was thrown
a twist. Because this guy is out of town, he cannot respond to a call
that they have regarding a program he wrote. It needs to be placed on
the desktops, of another department. "No problem," I said, "I can handle
it." But I notice in the shortcut that exists, in the original
department, it uses an .MDW file in the target line (ms.mdw" "c:\program
files\cms\cmssecure.mdb"). I just called to verify this line, because I
thought that at least a "c was missing from the front...I don't get the
one quote mark.
 
I have never used workgroup features of Access, and I really don't plan
to. What do I need to do to set this up?
 
Thanks!
 
John W Clark
 
John W. Clark
Computer Programmer / Asst. Network Administrator
Niagara County
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