CMD box not closing from bat file

Hi,

I have a very simple bat file which opens a MS access file like this

Name of the file
C\:DB.bat

Inside:
"S:\Database\Klanten-produkten-database.mdb"

Now the DB opens nicely, but the cmd box stays open until I close the application or when I close it manually on the big "X"

Anyway of preventing this?

hmmm. no replies yet???

Nobody got any idea, or am I not explaining correctly....

Daniel

Hi,

I have a very simple bat file which opens a MS access file like this

Name of the file
C\:DB.bat

Inside:
"S:\Database\Klanten-produkten-database.mdb"

Now the DB opens nicely, but the cmd box stays open until I close the application or when I close it manually on the big "X"

Anyway of preventing this?

Inside:
"S:\Database\Klanten-produkten-database.mdb"

This is the complete text of the batch file -  right?


One idea -   what happens if you add     exit   ?
as in:

"S:\Database\Klanten-produkten-database.mdb"
exit




Other idea -    (are you running WinXP  ... or what? )      assuming Windows,
what happens if you right click on your batch file,  go to Properties,  and look for a check box like  "Close on Exit"?    tic it to be ON.     
Experiment with that, and let us know how it behaves then.   
(I don't have XP, so I can't be more specific by experimenting with it myself)

Upon re-reading your post,   I may have been going down the wrong road.

Check out:
http://www.computerhope.com/starthlp.htm

I hope this helps.

I had a similar problem a bit ago. Type your text in your bat file like this ( mspaint is the sample command and ignore the ---------- 's):
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
start mspaint.exe
end
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Now the window pops up and closes! 

If this doesn't work i might have another idea.

Thanks for the replies!!

@SOAP
This seems to work over here at another PC. Gonna check it on my own PC tomorrow.

Thanx y'all   

OK, all works fine now but ran into another challenge.... 

Normally multiple users can use / open the Access file.
But when using the bat file only the first user is able to open the file.

Most of the time about 2 - 3 users a simultaniously in the access database.

Is there a way around?

Please help me.....I am getting desperate   

The solution to your problem can be found at this website - http://www.tipsinfinity.com/technology/article.php?tipID=226

Hope this is useful to you.

Bill

Type START /? > START HELP.TXT

The > will redirect the Start helpThis will create a text file in the current directory with all the switches for Start.

I think the line you want is this:

START /B "S:\Database\Klanten-produkten-database.mdb"

Then add the EXIT command at the end, like some others told you.