[AccessD] Retrieve command line arguments

Does it HAVE TO be in the same database?  How about a seperate
database that links to the same tables in the original and then when
you open that "Automail" database it runs and sends the reports and
then exits.

GK

On 1/25/08, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software
<rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
>
> Dear List:
>
> I want to run a function in an application (emails out reports)
> automatically.  I see that one way to do this is to use the /x switch on
> startup to run a macro which will run a module which could have
> Application.Quit at the end of it.  But I can't seem to get this to work.
> And besides, I'm under the impression that macros are not PC anymore.
>
> Anyway, if I can 'see' the startup switches on the command line that calls
> access and starts the app,  I suppose I could intercept al the startup
> housekeeping, run the reports, send the emails and exit.
>
> Is there a way to see what the command was that started an app , IOW
> retrieve the command line arguments ?  Or is there a better way to do this?
>
>
> The automated email sender has to be part of the larger app - originally it
> was split off for development purposes, but now, it's part of the design
> that it should be integrated into the application.
>
> MTIA
>
> Rocky
>
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