[AccessD] \decompile

Rocky Smolin rockysmolin2 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 12 22:55:00 CDT 2022


I've never enclosed the /decompile switch on quotes. And it has always
worked without.

Does it work for you with the quotes?

On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 6:35 PM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
wrote:

> Spaces in path. You need to quote it:
> "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSACCESS.EXE" "
> /decompile"
> note the space before the /decompile.
>
>
>
>
> On 12 Apr 2022 at 21:04, John Colby wrote:
>
> > In the past I always created a batch file to perform a \decompile when
> > I opened Access.  I don't have that now so I am creating one.  I found
> > the syntax out on FMS as follows:
> >
> > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSACCESS.EXE
> > /decompile"
> >
> > where the path depends on your instance of Office.  This is in fact my
> > correct path.
> >
> > If I open the command window and paste that in it returns an error
> > message "The directory name is invalid".  If I perform a CD C:\Program
> > Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16 it does in fact change
> > directory into that path and from there a  MSACCESS.EXE /decompile
> > opens access.
> >
> > So what gives?  Majorly confused on this part.
> >
> > Is it possible to do the same thing with a shortcut to Access?  I
> > created the shortcut and placed the /decompile inside of the
> > quotations and Access opens, however there is no obvious way to
> > determine whether the /decompile is passed in to the access instance.
> > I vaguely remember that this is the method that I used in the past.
> >
> > I assume that some of you guys do this stuff?
> >
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