How do I run an Access database using the system exec

[hspec]

I only want to start a Microsoft Access database when the operator presses a button the front panel. The operator will enter data manually and then close the Access database. I have experimented with the System Exec function, but have not been able to get it to open Access.

Any help would be appreciated,

Howard Spec

CMC Electronics

Ottawa, Canada

[tst]

Basically, I believe that pointing to the Access EXE and concatenating a space and the filename after the exe should work, but I can't test it at the moment. You may wish to post what you tried.

As a different approach, is there any reason not to access the DB from within LV?
There are several ways to do this - from NI's DB toolkit to the free LabSQL and several other free DB VIs which are floating around the web.