ACC2000: Cannot Use Code to Set the LogMessages Property

ID: Q210353

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access 2000

Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

SYMPTOMS

When you create an SQL pass-through query in a Visual Basic for Applications procedure, you may receive the following error message when you try to set the LogMessages property of the QueryDef object.

Compile error:

Method or data member not found

CAUSE

LogMessages is an extended property that cannot be addressed directly as a property of the QueryDef object because an extended property does not exist within the QueryDefs collection. You can use the property sheet of a query to set the LogMessages property setting, or you can use the CreateProperty() function in code to append the LogMessages property to the query object. You can then set the property in your procedure.

RESOLUTION

Because the LogMessages property is an extended property, it must be defined and then appended to the QueryDef object before you can set the value of the property. For example, given a QueryDef object dimensioned as MyQD, you need to add the following code to your Visual Basic for Applications procedure before you set the LogMessages property:


Dim MyProp as Property
...
Set MyProp = MyQD.CreateProperty("LogMessages", DB_BOOLEAN, True)
MyQD.Properties.Append MyProp

After MyProp is appended to the Properties collection of MyQD, use the following syntax when you reference the LogMessages property:


MyQD.Properties("LogMessages") = True

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

The following sample code demonstrates the error message that occurs when you try to set the LogMessages property of the QueryDef object.


Option Explicit

Function MyFunct ()
    Dim MyDB as Database
    Dim MyQD as QueryDef

    Set MyDB = CurrentDb()
    Set MyQD = MyDB.CreateQueryDef("QueryName")

    MyQD.connect = "ODBC;DSN=Server_Name;UID=UserName; _
        PWD=MyPassword;DATABASE=DB_Name"
    MyQD.sql = "SELECT * from TableName"
    MyQD.returnsrecords = True

    'The following line generates the error message.
    MyQD.LogMessages = True
    MyQD.Close
End Function

The following code demonstrates how to change the sample code above to set the LogMessages property correctly:


Option Explicit

Function MyFunct2 ()
    Dim MyDB as Database
    Dim MyQD as QueryDef

    'Dimension a variable as type Property.
    Dim MyProp as Property

    Set MyDB = DBEngine.Workspaces(0).Databases(0)
    Set MyQD = MyDB.CreateQueryDef("QueryName")

    'Create a Boolean property called LogMessages.
    Set MyProp = MyQD.CreateProperty("LogMessages",DB_BOOLEAN,True)

    'Append the property to the QueryDef variable.
    MyQD.Properties.Append MyProp
    MyQD.connect = "ODBC;DSN=Server_Name;UID=UserName; _
        PWD=MyPassword;DATABASE=DB_Name"
    MyQD.sql = "SELECT * from TableName"
    MyQD.returnsrecords = True

    'Set a value for the property you just created.
    MyQD.Properties("LogMessages") = True
    MyQD.Close
End Function

Additional query words: prb

Keywords : kberrmsg kbusage kbdta QryPass
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb