Steve Goodhall
sgoodhall at comcast.net
Sun May 4 18:30:31 CDT 2003
I have a set of utilities on my web site that will do this. It uses custom properties in the database to control a version number. Go to http://www.goodhall.info/STEVE/ and click on the "Useful Software" link. Regards, Steve Goodhall -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 4:01 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [AccessD] Easily copy the latest FE to workstation Another option for this task is a utility written by Tony Toews called Auto FE Updater. It is available at: http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/autofe.htm I set this up in my last company and it worked well! Dan Waters -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 8:15 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] Easily copy the latest FE to workstation There has been talk about using batch files to update an FE from a server before running it. These all require some degree of customisation, possibly through environment variables, to hard code the location of MS Access and therefore are a PITA to set up on multiple workstations. I decided it was time to build one of my little utilities to simply the process. Now that I've built it, it's available for anyone that wants a copy at http://www.lexacorp.com.pg - click on the Free software button and look for RunLocal under the "Miscellaneous Utilities" It's only a 12KB download RunLocal.Exe: Copies a file to another directory and then opens the file using the default application. Usage: RunLocal PathAndFileName [/A]||[/D RunDirectory] With no switches, the file PathAndFileName will be copied to the default directory - ie the 'Start In' directory specified in a shortcut or the directory from which the batch file or command line is run" With the /A switch the file will be copied to the Application directory - ie the directory where RunLocal.exe is located" With the /D switch the file will be copied to directory RunDirectory, which will be created if necessary Running the program with no parameters displays a simple help screen Example: "RunLocal \\MyServer\SharedDir\MyApp.MDE /D C:\Temp" copies the latest version of MyApp.MDE from the server to C:\Temp andd then opens C:\Temp\MyApp.MDE. It uses ShelllExecute() to find and load the application required so you can use it any registered file type. -- Lexacorp Ltd http://www.lexacorp.com.pg Information Technology Consultancy, Software Development,System Support. _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com