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ADOAdapter.Connection Property

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InfoPath Developer Reference

Sets or retrieves the connection string used for an ADOAdapter object. Read/write

Version Information
 Version Added:  InfoPath 2003

Syntax

expression.Connection

expression   An expression that returns a ADOAdapter object.

Return Value
String

Remarks

The Connection property of the ADOAdapter object contains the connection string that is used by the ADO data adapter to connect to an ActiveX Data Objects/OLEDB external data source.

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The ADOAdapter object is limited to work only with Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases.

Security Level 2: Can be accessed only by forms running in the same domain as the currently open form, or by forms that have been granted cross-domain permissions.

Example

In the following example, the Connection property of the ADOAdapter object is used to display the connection string of the ADO data adapter in a message box:

JScript 
  var objADOAdapter;

objADOAdapter = XDocument.DataObjects("CityList").QueryAdapter;
XDocument.UI.Alert("Connection string: " + objADOAdapter.Connection);

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