Microsoft KB Archive/109136

= INFO: Cannot Get Description Shown in Access Table Design View =

Article ID: 109136

Article Last Modified on 11/18/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Access 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 1.1 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q109136



SUMMARY
When you View a database in Table Design mode in Microsoft Access, a Description property is shown. You can describe a table and each of its fields in the Description property using up to 255 characters. That Description property is not visible when you choose the Datasheet view. The Description property is only visible in design mode in Microsoft Access.

The Description property cannot be read by Access Basic or Visual Basic at run time. The Description property is encrypted in one of the MSys* system tables within each database. Visual Basic cannot access the Description property, even if you use the ListFields or ListTables method. The Description property is designed for use only at database design time.

Keywords: kbinfo KB109136

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