[AccessD] Decompile

Thinking about this I thought of a cool (in my view) way of handling this, that is probably what Susan was talking about.  Now I'm
wondering why I didn't do this years ago.

1. Start Windows Explorer,
2. Select Tools and then Folder Options...
3. Click on the File Types Tab
4. Find the MDB file type
5. Click Advanced
6. Chances are there are 2 options.  Open in bold font (denoting default)
   and New.  You can pretty much add what you want here.  For decompile,
7. Click New
8. Under action type Decompile
9. Under Application used to perform action type the equivalent for your
   install:
  "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\MSACCESS.EXE" /decompile "%1"
10 Click OK and exit out

And wallah!  You now right click an mdb and have the context option of decompiling it.

But it doesn't stop there.  For those of us juggling multiple versions of Access you can setup a right click option to open in each.
Eg
Open in 97
Open in 2000
Open in XP

And make sure the path points to the correct version of access.

Cheers

Stuart



> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> Charlotte Foust
> Sent: Thursday, 21 August, 2003 5:51 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Decompile
>
>
> I have Send To shortcuts on my WinXP box, if that's what
> you're talking
> about.  The path you show isn't the default for Office XP, so is that
> the actual syntax or an approximation?  In WinXP, the sendto shortcuts
> are in the SendTo folder under your profile in Documents and Settings.
> Mine looks like this:
>
> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\MSACCESS.EXE"  "%1"
> /decompile
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Geller [mailto:sgeller at cce.umn.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1:40 PM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [AccessD] Decompile
>
>
> I have Windows XP, Access XP and I'm trying to decompile my
> ADP file.
>
> I had this set up on another computer, but that was Windows
> 2000.  I did
> this using this type of syntax
>
> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\MSACCESS.EXE"
> /decompile "%1"
>
> In such a way that when I right clicked on a file, I had the option to
> decompile.
>
> I followed the same instructions on this computer and there
> is no right
> click option when I clicked on mdb or adp files.
>
> Ideas?
>
> --Susan
>
> Susan B. Geller
> Office of Information Systems
> College of Continuing Education
> University of Minnesota
> 306 Wesbrook Hall
> 77 Pleasant Street SE
> Minneapolis, MN 55455
> Phone:  612-626-4785
> Fax:  612-625-2568
>
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