Gustav Brock
gustav at cactus.dk
Tue Jul 13 04:25:08 CDT 2004
Hi Stuart OK, I didn't test it myself, neither have I never had the need. I guess that leaves Kath with a problem somewhere else ... /gustav >> I think you need to modify >> >> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 2000\Office\MSACCESS.EXE" >> "E:\Sds\Clients\DDTolhurst\IressPricesDatabase\TestBatch.mdb" >> /cmd AutoRun >> >> to >> >> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 2000\Office\MSACCESS.EXE" >> "E:\Sds\Clients\DDTolhurst\IressPricesDatabase\TestBatch.mdb" >> /cmd "AutoRun" >> > It works fine for me without quotes around the argument(s) > Trying to find Kath's problem, this works as expected and a message box > displays the two words when called from a form's on_open > "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\MsAccess.exe" "c:\test.mdb" /cmb Test > Argument > It works fine whether in a shortcut or a batch file (Win2K, A2K)