Command Function

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You can use the Command function to return the argument portion of the command line used to launch Microsoft Access.

Syntax

Command

Remarks

When Microsoft Access is launched from the command line, any portion of the command line that follows the /cmd option is passed to the program as the command-line argument. You can use the Command function to return the argument that has been passed.

To change a command-line argument once a database has been opened, click Options on the Tools menu. On the Advanced tab of the Options dialog box, enter a new argument in the Command Line Arguments box. The Command function will now return the new argument you have entered.

When the Command function is used anywhere other than in Visual Basic code in a module, you must include empty parentheses after the function. For example, to use the Command function in a text box on a form, you would set the ControlSource property of the text box to an expression like the following:

=Command()