[AccessD] A2K: WIN 98 machines are driving me crazy

If you can sit at the 98 machine, right-click the batch file, click
Properties, and then check "Close On Exit." ... 
If you can't visit each 98 machine personally, I know I used do this via
login script ...IIRC (this was a while ago!), I would click that
property on from my workstation... Doing that would generate a  .PIF (or
.LNK ?) file.  I would use the login script send that file to each
users' C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND folder ... Then when they ran that particular
batch, those PIF settings would kick in.

Hth
Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Darren DICK
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 8:28 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2K: WIN 98 machines are driving me crazy


Steve may thanks
that works great
Any way of forcing the 'BATCH' window shut after it has run on WIN 98
machines?




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Conklin (Developer at UltraDNT)" <Developer at UltraDNT.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
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Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 2:37 AM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] A2K: WIN 98 machines are driving me crazy


> How about changing:
> c:\Progra~1\Truman\Truman.mdb
> To:
> START c:\Progra~1\Truman\Truman.mdb
> 
> Hth
> Steve
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Darren DICK
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 12:49 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2K: WIN 98 machines are driving me crazy
> 
> 
> Thanks Stuart
> That sounds about right
> Many thanks
> 
> Darren
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problemsolving"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 2:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2K: WIN 98 machines are driving me crazy
> 
> 
> > > 
> > > So I thought I would just launch the app from the users desktop 
> > > with
> 
> > > a BATCH file. The batch file copies the new version each and every
> > > time (whether it's new or not) then sparks up the app, all from 
> > > within the batch file Simple - on XP and WIN2000 at least
> > > 
> > > Here is the batch file...............
> > > REM START BATCH FILE###########################################
> > > echo Updating your system to the latest Version of TruMan... copy
> > > S:\Truman\Update\TRUMAN.MDB c:\Progra~1\Truman\Truman.mdb 
> > > c:\Progra~1\Truman\Truman.mdb REM END BATCH FILE 
> > > ###########################################
> > > on XP and WIN2000 No Problem But when I run the BATCH file on a 98

> > > machine I get... 1 file(s) copied (Great it copied the file) Bad 
> > > command or file name (Bugger it doesn't spark up the app)
> > > 
> > > The S drive location of the new app is valid. The destination 
> > > folder
> 
> > > in Program files and the existence
> > > of the 'old' version is valid. (Remember this works on XP and
> WIN2000)
> > > 
> > > The on the Win 98 machine if I copy the line "
> > > c:\Progra~1\Truman\Truman.mdb" from the batch file and clickon 
> > > Start|Run and paste c:\Progra~1\Truman\Truman.mdb it sparks up the
> > > app as desired. So it works from Start|Run but not a
> > > batchfile?????!!!!!!!
> > > 
> > > I'm stumped - any suggestions?
> > > 
> > 
> > IIRC, in Win9X, you need to specify the application in batch files
> > (and in
> > scheduled tasks?) so you will need something like:
> > 
> > "C:\Program Files\MSOffice\Office\MSAccess.exe" "C:\Program 
> > Files\Truman\Truman.mdb"
> >  
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