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Re: launch MS access with runtime options

dpeterson — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:58:36 GMT

great, I will give that a shot. Thanks

Re: launch MS access with runtime options

Thinstall2 — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:03:46 GMT

Simple
You just add an
CommandLine="path/to/msaccess.exe "path/to/mde/or/mdb"
below your Source-line.
be careful with the quotationmarks though

Re: launch MS access with runtime options

dpeterson — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:33:58 GMT

I kinda solved my own question. After installing the application I created a bat file that called msaccess.exe and the mde file. Then I generated the build on the bat file; I didn't think it would have picked up the bat file as a "real" executable but it does. The build works as it should.

launch MS access with runtime options

dpeterson — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:30:06 GMT

I am trying to virtualize a few older access applications we run. These applications are complied into MDEs but use the Access 97 runtime that gets installed with the application. I tried to thinapp one of these applications and it picks up the access executable but not the MDE file. How can I pass an option to access.exe to open the MDE file? From a command prompt I can just specify the name of the mde file after the access executable. I tried editing the package.ini file and added the name of the mde file after access.exe on the source line, then I built the package. That did not work. Has anyone else done something like this?

Thanks