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Views Append method example (VB)

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Applies to: Access 2013, Office 2013

The following code demonstrates how to use a Command object and the Views collection Append method to create a new view in the underlying data source.

 
' BeginCreateViewVB 
Sub Main() 
 On Error GoTo CreateViewError 
 
 Dim cmd As New ADODB.Command 
 Dim cat As New ADOX.Catalog 
 
 ' Open the Catalog 
 cat.ActiveConnection = _ 
 "Provider='Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0';" & _ 
 "Data Source='c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\" & _ 
 "Office\Samples\Northwind.mdb';" 
 
 ' Create the command representing the view. 
 cmd.CommandText = "Select * From Customers" 
 
 ' Create the new View 
 cat.Views.Append "AllCustomers", cmd 
 
 'Clean up 
 Set cat.ActiveConnection = Nothing 
 Set cat = Nothing 
 Set cmd = Nothing 
 Exit Sub 
 
CreateViewError: 
 
 Set cat = Nothing 
 Set cmd = Nothing 
 
 If Err <> 0 Then 
 MsgBox Err.Source & "-->" & Err.Description, , "Error" 
 End If 
End Sub 
' EndCreateViewVB