[AccessD] Opening an Access application multiple times

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Feb 3 15:02:47 CST 2011


 >*At their instance* (I need to stress that)

It is pretty bad when I am stressing my own mis-spellings.

;)

*At their insistance* (I need to stress that)

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 2/3/2011 3:42 PM, Heenan, Lambert wrote:
> One other thing:
>
> I can open multiple instances if they are opened from a shortcut, rather than directly clicking the MDB/MDE file.
>
> Lambert
>
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>
> LOL.  Because they do.  Not uncommon really.
>
> In this case, it is a call center for disability insurance claims, they take calls all day.  When they are not on the phone they are "working claims".  *At their instance* (I need to stress that) they have their main form be the center of their world and it opens to a claim for a specific person.  It is tabbed with as many as 22 different tabs, although only about a dozen actually show under normal circumstances - some tabs only unhide for certain claim types etc.  However some tabs have tabs.
>
> Can you say *busy*?
>
> The tabs are JIT so they can switch between tabs and only pull that tab's info if / when they visit the tab.
>
> Never the less, the claim form can take many seconds to open.  Now, they are working on a claim, and a phone call comes in...
>
> Do we switch away from what we were doing... or open a second instance (keep it open is actually what they do) and just switch away to that other open instance and locate the claim of the person on the phone?
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
> On 2/3/2011 3:01 PM, David McAfee wrote:
>> John, I do it as Lambert described.
>>
>> Quick question. Why do the users need to open two copies of the database?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:40 AM, jwcolby<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote:
>>
>>>> I usually just open another instance of Access and then..
>>>
>>> Yea.  These are end users so... batch file it is.
>>>
>>>
>>> John W. Colby
>>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>>
>>> On 2/3/2011 2:13 PM, Heenan, Lambert wrote:
>>>
>>>> Don't know why but I see the same thing happening. I usually just
>>>> open another instance of Access and then have it open the second
>>>> instance of the MDB file via the File menu.
>>>>
>>>> Lambert
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
>>>> accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 2:05 PM
>>>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>>>> Subject: [AccessD] Opening an Access application multiple times
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to open an access application more than once - two
>>>> instances open at the same time.
>>>> When I double click the FE (in explorer) it opens.  When I go back
>>>> to explorer and double click it again, it just switches me back to
>>>> the open instance.  Shouldn't it open the application a second time?
>>>>
>>>> When, from a batch file, I so something like "SomePath\Access.exe"
>>>> SomeAccessFe.mdb it in fact opens the application a second time.
>>>>
>>>> I can live with having to open it from a batch file but I am just
>>>> wondering why this is happening.
>>>>
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