Macro command to open desktop mainframe icon

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tbmarlie - 30 Aug 2007 15:27 GMT

I can't find a macro command to open an icon on my destop. Double
clicking the icon on my desktop connects me to a mainframe. I'm
trying to replicate that in a macro.

Thanks

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Steve Schapel - 30 Aug 2007 20:08 GMT

Tbmarlie,

You could try with a RunApp action in your macro, with the Command Line
argument entered the same as you see in the Properties=>Target of the
desktop shortcut.

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> I can't find a macro command to open an icon on my destop. Double
> clicking the icon on my desktop connects me to a mainframe. I'm
> trying to replicate that in a macro.
>
> Thanks

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tbmarlie - 30 Aug 2007 22:17 GMT

> Tbmarlie,
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There is not target not shortcut tab for this particular shortcut.
There is a location (c:\document and settings\all users\desktop ...,
but when it put that in the command line for the RunApp application, I
get an error message saying that my database can't invoke the
application using the RunApp action.

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Steve Schapel - 31 Aug 2007 02:44 GMT

Tbmarlie,

I'm sorry, the only way I know how to do this is via identifying the
program that is being run by the shortcut. Maybe you can find out from
the maker/vendor/helpdesk of the other program.

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Steve Schapel, Microsoft Access MVP

> There is not target not shortcut tab for this particular shortcut.
> There is a location (c:\document and settings\all users\desktop ...,
> but when it put that in the command line for the RunApp application, I
> get an error message saying that my database can't invoke the
> application using the RunApp action.

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