Command line parameters and MDE

[Dawna]

How can I get the command line to recognize the workgroup
file (and join it) when I don't fire up access?

My command line exists of program.mde /wrkgrp system.mdw.

My company is not going to be installing msaccess.exe on
all desktops so I will have to make mde's for each and run
those.

Is this possible?

Thanks,
Dawna

 

[TC]

First, your "command line" format is wrong. It should be:

"path to MSACCESS.EXE" "path to MDB file" /wrkgrp "path to MDW file"

Second, MDEs are not stand-alone executables! You still need to have Access
installed on each desktop from where you run an MDE.

HTH,
TC

 

[Dawna]

Thanks.

The PC's that I want to run my app on won't have access
installed. I also need to be able to point to a workgroup
on the fly.

What step am I missing? I read some vague info regarding
a Packaging Wizard.

- Dawna

-----Original Message-----
First, your "command line" format is wrong. It should be:

"path to MSACCESS.EXE" "path to MDB

file" /wrkgrp "path to MDW file"

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

As TC said, you must have Access installed on the workstation in order to
use an MDE. What you can do is purchase Office Developer, and package your
MDE along with the run-time version of Access. You then install the run-time
version on each desktop, and they'll then be able to use your MDE. There's
no other way.