Re: Point to correct .MDW file

From: Bill Sturdevant (BillSturdevant_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:27:02 -0800

I tried as you said... moved my System.MDW to the same folder as my
application, renamed it to XXX.MDW. Then created a new vanilla System.MDW in
the proper location for Access. Then created a shortcut to my application,
specifying the full path to the app and / wrkgrp full path to XXX.MDW

Security is now completely bypassed.

What am I not doing?

"Joan Wild" wrote:

> Bill Sturdevant wrote:
> > Is there a way, when the user opens my .mde, to point to my own
> > XXX.MDW file, which they have placed in the same folder as the .mde?
> >
> > If possible, I do not want to have them do anything other than place
> > the .mde file and the XXX.MDW file in a folder and open the .mde.
>
> The only way to do it is to give them a desktop shortcut that has a target
> of
>
> "full path to msaccess.exe" "path to mde" /wrkgrp "path to mdw"
>
> If they all put it in the same folder, and they all installed Access to the
> same place, then you can create the shortcut for them and just tell them to
> put it on the desktop.
>
> --
> Joan Wild
> Microsoft Access MVP
>
>
>

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