MSQUERY: FieldDef Request Item Returns Dimensional ArrayLast reviewed: February 3, 1998Article ID: Q126984 |
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SYMPTOMSWhen you use DDE with Microsoft Query, the FieldDef request item should return a two-dimensional array, where each row of the array describes a field in the query. The expected array should be n rows by 5 columns (where n is the number of fields in the result set). However, if the result set contains only one field, a DDE request for the FieldDef item will return a one-dimensional array that has dimensions of 5 rows by 1 column rather than a two-dimensional array that has dimensions of 1 row by 5 columns. Note that if the result set contains more than one field, FieldDef will correctly return a two-dimensional array.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem with Microsoft Query. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
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http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/refguide/default.asp Sample Visual Basic ProcedureThe following is an example of a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro that uses DDE with Microsoft Query and displays all of the field names in the result set created in Microsoft Query.
Sub GetQueryFields() Dim Chan, Fields, NumCols as Variant Dim I as Integer 'Launch Microsoft Query Shell "C:\WINDOWS\MSAPPS\MSQUERY\MSQUERY.EXE",1 'Initialize a channel to Query Chan = DDEInitiate ("MSQuery","System") 'Give control to Query and allow the user to build a result set. DDEExecute Chan, "[UserControl('&Return',3,true)]" 'Issue a request for the field definitions on the channel Fields=DDERequest(Chan, "FieldDef") 'Issue a request for the number of columns in the result set NumCols = DDERequest(Chan, "NumCols") 'Quit Query and Close the channel to Query DDEExecute Chan, "[Exit(True)]" DDETerminate Chan 'Display the names of all the fields in the result set If NumCols(1) = 1 then Msgbox Fields(1) Else For I= 1 to NumCols(1) Msgbox Fields(i,1) Next I End If End SubNOTE: To use this macro example with Excel 5.0 for the Macintosh, replace the macro line
DDEExecute Chan, "[UserControl('&Return',3,true)]"with:
DDEExecute Chan, "[UserControl(""&Return"",""3"",""true"")]" REFERENCES"Microsoft Query User's Guide," Chapter 9 For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q163435 TITLE : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications |
Additional query words: 1.00 MSQuery querry w_exceL m_excel
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