Calling the Snapshot viewer

[dpdeleon]

I'm creating snapshot reports and then making a system call from within
access to view the snapshot reports. Is it realistic to depend upon the name
of the executable always being SNAPVIEW.EXE? What other problems could arise
if this were a production environment?

Thanks

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Since that's the name of the executable Microsoft ships to view it, I'd say
it's pretty safe to assume it.

If you're concerned that they might have changed its name, you could always
open your reports using the ShellExecute API call. Check
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0018.htm at "The Access Web" for sample
code.