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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 3:36 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Opening an Access application multiple times > > 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. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> John W. Colby >>>> www.ColbyConsulting.com >>>> -- >>>> AccessD mailing list >>>> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >>>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >>>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>>> >>>> -- >>> AccessD mailing list >>> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>> > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >