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Reference.BuiltIn property (Access)

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The BuiltIn property returns a Boolean value indicating whether a Reference object points to a default reference that's necessary for Microsoft Access to function properly. Read-only Boolean.

Syntax

expression.BuiltIn

expression A variable that represents a Reference object.

Remarks

The BuiltIn property is available only by using Visual Basic and is read-only.

Value Description
True (1) The Reference object refers to a default reference that can't be removed.
False (0) The Reference object refers to a nondefault reference that isn't necessary for Access to function properly.

The default references in Access include the Access 12.0 object library, Microsoft Office 12.0 Access Connectivity Engine, the Visual Basic For Applications library, OLE Automation library, and Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.5 library.

Example

The following example prints the default references in the References collection.

Sub ReferenceBuiltInOnly() 
 Dim ref As Reference 
 
 ' Enumerate through References collection. 
 For Each ref In References 
 ' Check BuiltIn property. 
 If ref.BuiltIn = True Then 
 Debug.Print ref.Name 
 End If 
 Next ref 
End Sub

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