Microsoft KB Archive/198645

= ACC2000: Cannot Set Attributes Property in Visual Basic Code =

Article ID: 198645

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q198645



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.



SUMMARY
When you use the CreateTableDef method to create a table that is linked to a table in another Microsoft Access database or to an ODBC data source, you cannot set the Attributes property to dbAttachedTable or dbAttachedODBC. These constants are always read-only. When you create the linked table, you must set the Connect property and the SourceTableName property. This automatically sets the Attributes property to dbAttachedTable or to dbAttachedODBC, whichever is appropriate. However, you can set the Attributes property to dbAttachExclusive or dbAttachSavePWD.

After you have appended the table to the database, the Attributes property is read-only.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. The following sample procedure creates a linked table whose Attributes property is set to dbAttachedTable:  Start Access and create a blank database.  Create a new module and type the following line in the Declarations section if it is not already there: Option Explicit  On the Tools menu, click References, and in the Available References list, click to select Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library.  Type the following procedure: Sub CreateLinkedTable

Dim dbLocal As DAO.Database Dim tbfNewAttached As DAO.TableDef

Set dbLocal = CurrentDb Set tbfNewAttached = dbLocal.CreateTableDef("MyEmp")

With tbfNewAttached .Connect = ";database=" .SourceTableName = "Employees" End With

dbLocal.TableDefs.Append tbfNewAttached

End Sub   To test this function, type the following line in the Immediate window, and then press ENTER: CreateLinkedTable Note that the new linked table is shared. </ol>

To test the Attributes property of the new table, type the following line in the Immediate window, and then press ENTER:

?currentdb.TableDefs("MyEmp").Attributes = dbAttachedTable This returns the value True to the Immediate window.

To create a table that is linked exclusively, change the With...End With statement in the procedure in step 3 to the following: With tbfNewAttached .Connect = ";database=<your path to Northwind>" .SourceTableName = "Employees" .Attributes = dbAttachExclusive End With To test the Attributes property of this table, type the following on a single line in the Immediate window, and then press ENTER: ?currentdb.TableDefs("MyEmp").Attributes = dbAttachedTable + dbAttachExclusive The following sample With...End With statement sets the properties of a table linked to an ODBC DSN named "sqltest"; the table is linked to a table named dbo_employee in the remote data source.

Note In the following sample code, you must change UID=  and PWD=  to the correct values. Make sure that the user ID has the appropriate permissions to perform this operation on the database. With tbfNewAttached .Connect = "ODBC;DSN=sqltest;UID= ;PWD= " .SourceTableName = "employee" End With To test the Attributes property of this table, type the following line in the Immediate window, and then press ENTER: ?currentdb.TableDefs("MyEmp").Attributes = dbAttachedODBC

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