Question

I’m trying to open a form from an url. This ms access database will be hosted on a shared folder in an network, and the costumer has asked me if it’s possible to open an database form (i’ll have to pass an ID).

If this were in web environment i would do this without any problem, but honestly in ms access i have no idea how to do this.

Can someone help me?

Answer 1

Have a look at Register protocol and Registering an Application to a URL Protocol. They have a example registry file on how to register a protocol:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\foo]
@="URL:foo Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\foo\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\foo\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\foo\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Application\\program.exe\" \"%1\"" 

You can change the last line to something like:

@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Office\\access.exe\" \"C:\\path\\to\\your\\db.mdb\" /cmd \"%1\"" 

If you URL is foo:241245, the following command is called:

"C:\Program Files\Office\access.exe" "C:\path\to\your\db.mdb" /cmd "241245"

In Access, the commandline arguments are returned by the Command function:

In the direct window:

?Command
241245