Command Line Options

[cg084]

Hello,

I am working on several databases and as such do not need them to go throught their startup sequence when opening. I would like to be able to go straight in to the database to and see nothing but the Database window to start with. I believe that there is a /command that i can use. Currently i have looked at the Microsoft help files that comes with the software and there was nothing there i could use.

Also is there a site that shows all of the Command line options available for the entire MS Excel, Access and Access 2k packages?

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[dcurtis]

Using Access 2002 I went to help and typed in command line. I got the following list:

Startup command-line options
The following table lists the Microsoft Access command-line options.

Option Effect
database Opens the specified Microsoft Access database or Microsoft Access project. Include a path if necessary. If you are running Microsoft Windows 95, the default path is your My Documents folder.

/excl Opens the specified Access database for exclusive access. To open the database for shared access in a multiuser environment, omit this option. Applies to Access databases only.

/ro Opens the specified Access database or Access project for read-only access.

/user user name Starts Access by using the specified user name. Applies to Access databases only.

/pwd password Starts Access by using the specified password. Applies to Access databases only.

/profile user profile Starts Access by using the options in the specified user profile instead of the standard Windows Registry settings created when you installed Microsoft Access. This replaces the /ini option used in versions of Microsoft Access prior to Access 97 to specify an initialization file.

/compact target database or target Access project Compacts and repairs the Access database, or compacts the Access project that was specified before the /compact option, and then closes Access. If you omit a target file name following the /compact option, the file is compacted to the original name and folder. To compact to a different name, specify a target file. If you don't include a path in target database or target Access project, the target file is created in your My Documents folder by default.
In an Access project, this option compacts the Access project (.adp) file but not the Microsoft SQL Server database.

/repair Repairs the Access database that was specified before the /repair option, and then closes Microsoft Access. In Microsoft Access 2000 or later, compact and repair functionality is combined under /compact. The /repair option is supported for backward compatibility.

/convert target database Converts a previous-version Access database or Access project to the default file format, renames the new file, and then closes Access. You must specify the source database before you use the /convert option. To view the default file format, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click the Advanced tab.

/x macro Starts Access and runs the specified macro. Another way to run a macro when you open a database is to use an AutoExec macro.

/cmd Specifies that what follows on the command line is the value that will be returned by the Command function. This option must be the last option on the command line. You can use a semicolon ( as an alternative to /cmd.
Use this option to specify a command-line argument that can be used in Visual Basic code.

/nostartup Starts Access without displaying the task pane (the second dialog box that you see when you start Access).

/wrkgrp workgroup
information file Starts Access by using the specified workgroup information file. Applies to Access databases only.

I know there is more in the knowledgebase also, check out this link. It's for Access 2000, but it doesn't look that different.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=209207

 

[RoyVidar]

Don't know of any /command, but press the SHIFT-Key when opening Access databases.

Roy-Vidar

 

[dcurtis]

OOPS, forgot the 1st part of the question......

 

[RoyVidar]

But dcurtis, you did know a "#¤£¤ of a lot more about the second one!

Roy-Vidar