Flash *.exe onto start-up form.

[Guest]

Hello,

I'm just experimenting with my datbase and would like to
put a Flash file for my intro into the database. I have a
file that is an executable. does anyone know how to put
flash in Access.

Cheers

 

[Alex Elbert]

You may experiment with Shell(pathname[,windowstyle]) function. It can launch exe directly from your application.

 

[Arvin Meyer]

I'm just experimenting with my datbase and would like to
put a Flash file for my intro into the database. I have a
file that is an executable. does anyone know how to put
flash in Access.

There isn't a direct way that I know of, but Flash can be shown in an IE
window. You can put an IE ActiveX control on an Access form and build an
html page to display the flash. Put the Flash file in the same folder as the
html page and use the following code to navigate the ActiveX control to the
page:

Private Sub Form_Load()
Me.ActiveXCtl0.Navigate "C:\Path to html page"
End Sub

That's it. When the form loads the Flash movie will play.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
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