On NT "ide.exe /?" just launches the IDE while "cmdide.exe /?" does display the command line parameters.
However when I call "cmdide.exe with any of the options it just starts the ide and doesnt executes them anyway. Chris Ben Combee wrote: > > "Christian Vandendorpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Make sure you call cmdide.exe and not ide.exe > > Actually, cmdide.exe is only needed for Windows 95/98/ME. ide.exe will work > directly on NT/2000. The cmdide.exe program was written to get around an > odd behavior in command.com on the 16/32-bit hybrid platforms where > command.com doesn't wait for graphical applications to complete before > returning control to the user, which could be a big problem with batch files > that depend on the IDE completing its task before launching another. > > -- > Ben Combee > Veriprise Wireless <http://www.veriprise.com> -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
