Create a simple program?

[eShain]

Hello everyone! Recently, at my job, I've been getting fairly involved with Microsoft Access database design and implentation. I'm not a programmer, I know nothing about programming! However, I need to create a simple program.

The function of this program would be to simply:

1) Open
2) Display one button, that when pressed, will automatically create a shortcut to a particular .exe file (found from another network drive, we'll call it JPGopener.exe) on the user's desktop. As well as, automatically create a windows file association for, all ".jpg" files to open with the JPGopener.exe application by default.

The purpose of this program is for certain people needing to use computers on a network system that have no idea how to create a file association to a particular program! I'd like to create the perverbial "one-click" program, to stop getting phone calls and having to walk them through it, every time!

If anyone has any ideas which software (Visual Basic?) or programming technique would be the easiest to complete this project, I'd be extremely grateful!

If needed, please email me at webmaster@eshain.com

Thanks for your time,
Shain

[Twey]

I'm looking into it. The file association is easy, it's just a registry key. The link file may take some work; I'm trying to work out the format.

[eShain]

Hey thanks for your help!