DOC: Append Instructions for DAO TableDef Incorrect

• The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)
• Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, version 4.0

SUMMARY

In the "DAO TableDef: Using TableDefs" section appearing under

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      DAO TableDef 

   To create a tabledef. 

1. Construct a CDaoTableDef object, supplying a pointer to the CDaoDatabase object to which the tabledef will belong.



2. Call the tabledef object's Create member function.



3. Set any of the tabledef object's properties that you want. Call the SetAttributes, SetConnect, SetName, SetSourceTableName, SetValidationRule, or SetValidationText member functions.



4. Call the tabledef object's Append member function to save the tabledef in the database's TableDefs collection. You can append before or after creating fields, as described in the next step.



5. Add fields to the tabledef by calling its CreateField member function for each field. (You can not modify the schema of an attached table, so this step applies only to local base tables and tables in external data sources that you open directly.)



6. Optionally add indexes to the tabledef by calling its CreateIndex member function for each index.

MORE INFORMATION

Step 4 above states that "You can append before or after creating fields, as described in the next step." This is incorrect. Also, the TableDef's Append member should be called after the procedures mentioned in steps 5 and 6.

The above instructions should read as follows:

   To create a tabledef. 

1. Construct a CDaoTableDef object, supplying a pointer to the CDaoDatabase object to which the tabledef will belong.



2. Call the tabledef object's Create member function.



3. Set any of the tabledef object's properties that you want. Call the SetAttributes, SetConnect, SetName, SetSourceTableName, SetValidationRule, or SetValidationText member functions.



4. Add fields to the TableDef by calling its CreateField member function for each field. (You can not modify the schema of an attached table, so this step applies only to local base tables and tables in external data sources that you can open directly).



5. Optionally add indexes to the tabledef by calling its CreateIndex member function for each index.



6. Call the TableDef object's Append member function to save the TableDef in the database's TableDefs collection.

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