[AccessD] Copy and execute from Access

I am asking how do you run a shortcut in code. Isn't john doing this with
vba?

TIA for answering my question so I can follow along.
On Dec 24, 2011 4:44 PM, "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:

> That worked perfectly Stuart.  I set the shortcut visible attribute to
> false and then set the Run Minimized attribute and I never even see the
> CopyAndRun open.  I now have a splash form that opens to say "be patient"
> and off we go.
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
>
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
>
> On 12/24/2011 3:45 PM, Stuart McLachlan wrote:
>
>> As I understood it, JC wanted to open his CopyExecute via a Shortcut and
>> not have the
>> CopyExecute flash up on screen.  My solution does that.
>>
>>
>> On 24 Dec 2011 at 7:39, William Benson (VBACreations. wrote:
>>
>>  But that shortcut... how do you execute it from code, which I think was
>>> the
>>> original plan??
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>>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Copy and execute from Access
>>>
>>> You need two steps:
>>>
>>> 1. Hide on Startup. You can call the following function from an Autoexec
>>> macro:
>>> Option Compare Database
>>> Option Explicit
>>> Const SW_HIDE = 0
>>> Const SW_NORMAL = 1
>>> Const SW_MINIMIZED = 2
>>> Const SW_MAXIMIZED = 3
>>>
>>> Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" _
>>>   (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long
>>>
>>> Function Startup() As Long
>>>    Call ShowWindow(hWndAccessApp, SW_HIDE)
>>> End Function
>>>
>>> By itself, that shows a flash of Access as it opens.  Tou get rid of that
>>> flash, create a shortcut
>>> to the Access application, set it's "Run:" property to Minimized.    Open
>>> your application via
>>> the shortcut and you  shouldn't  see a thing.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stuart
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23 Dec 2011 at 3:18, jwcolby wrote:
>>>
>>>  I have written a small app that allows me to define an access
>>>> application
>>>>
>>> and the file(s) that make
>>>
>>>> it up, and a destination directory to copy it to.  A shortcut opens the
>>>>
>>> access CopyAndExecute.mdb
>>>
>>>> and passes in a command line argument which is looked up in a table.
>>>>  The
>>>>
>>> recordset opened then
>>>
>>>> defines what files to copy, the source and destination, the FE to
>>>> execute,
>>>>
>>> and then opens that app.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> It all is working now however I would like CopyAndExecute to open
>>>>
>>> invisible.  ATM it opens as a
>>>
>>>> normal Access application which can be seen until the target FE is up
>>>> and
>>>>
>>> running and CopyAndExecute
>>>
>>>> closes.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to cause Access to open invisible?
>>>>
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