DWUTKA at marlow.com
DWUTKA at marlow.com
Mon Jun 5 17:55:41 CDT 2006
Okay, but I'm curious about the system tray portion. If they are putting in a CD, why not have it just display the pdf? That would be a function of Autostart. The system tray seems like an unnecessary step. However, if it's a must, yes I can help you. I wouldn't do it in Access (though it can be done that way), I would recommend a VB .exe. The only issue is that VB runtimes would need to be present or installed. I've dabbled in C++, which could do it without the runtimes, but I'm no expert there. I could try if VB is a problem. Putting an icon in the system tray is called subclassing. Basically, you have a window that is not visible, however, it's linked to the icon through API's. When someone clicks on the icon, the window gets the various 'notifications'. (ie, right click, left click, mouse over, etc.). Drew -----Original Message----- From: Martin Reid [mailto:mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 2:36 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT Add item to system tray We have doctors who dont read so we figured we would get the cancer treatment guidlines and put them on a disk. Ppp disk in PC and hey presto instant cancer guidelines always available. No we cant install or simply give them a PDF or send them an email. And believe it or not our medical people think this simple thing could actually save lives. So Drew? Any help? Martin Martin WP Reid Training and Assessment Unit Riddle Hall Belfast tel: 02890 974477 ________________________________ From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of DWUTKA at marlow.com Sent: Mon 05/06/2006 19:09 To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT Add item to system tray Possible, yes. The question would be why? Drew -----Original Message----- From: Martin Reid [mailto:mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 9:01 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: [AccessD] OT Add item to system tray Is ti possibel and does anyone know how Distribute a PDF file on a Floppy. user puts it into drive Little C symbol is added to the system tray user clicks the C and opens the PDF Martin Martin WP Reid Training and Assessment Unit Riddle Hall Belfast tel: 02890 974477 -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com <http://www.databaseadvisors.com/>