Auto start Access when computer is turned on

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Jerry C

What I want to do is have MS Access application
automatically print a report at 8 AM every day or when
the computer is turned on.
Do I use some kind of batch file?

Any ideas would be helpful
 
Create a shortcut that includes the path to msaccess.exe and the database
file, and put it in the computer's Startup group.

I'm assuming you can figure out how to print the report at 8 AM, and when
the database launches. If not, post back.
 
If you use a batchfile to start your database you can specify which file you
want to open: "start c:\temp\mydb.mdb". But that is a subject that doesn't
belong in this topic.

Staying with access this might be a solution:
Leave your access open while the computer running.
Put a shortcut to the database in your startup folder.
Make a autoexec macro, this macro runs automaticly when the database is
fired up. Open a form in the macro.
Then use the timer event of the form to check if it's 8 am and print the form.

Kind regards
 
I seem to recall that there's a command line switch which can be used to
call a specific maco. MVP's Am I right or still delusional?

David H
 
Yes. /x
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Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>

David C. Holley said:
I seem to recall that there's a command line switch which can be used to
call a specific maco. MVP's Am I right or still delusional?

David H
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