Microsoft Jet identifies two types of properties. Built-in properties are those automatically created and maintained by DAO. For example, when you create a TableDef object, DAO automatically creates a set of properties for the table, including the Name property and the Connect property.
User-defined properties are those properties you create and add to an object. For example, you may want each field in your table to store a description that explains what the field is for. By adding a user-defined property called Description to the field object’s Properties collection, you can store and retrieve this information.
When you create a replicated database, Microsoft Jet automatically adds new properties to tables, indexes, and application-specific objects in the Containers collection. These properties are used by Microsoft Jet to determine whether or not you can replicate objects.
See Also For more information about replicating databases, see Chapter 7, “Database Replication.”