ODBCConnection Members
Office 2010
Represents the ODBC connection.
The ODBCConnection type exposes the following members.
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CancelRefresh | Cancels all refresh operations in progress for the specified ODBC connection. |
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Refresh | Refreshes an ODBC connection. |
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SaveAsODC | Saves the ODBC connection as a Microsoft Office Data Connection file. |
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AlwaysUseConnectionFile | True if the connection file is always used to establish connection to the data source. Read/write Boolean. |
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Application | When used without an object qualifier, this property returns an _Application object that represents the Microsoft Office Excel application. When used with an object qualifier, this property returns an Application object that represents the creator of the specified object. Read-only. |
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BackgroundQuery | True if queries for the ODBC connection are performed asynchronously (in the background). Read/write Boolean. |
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CommandText | Returns or sets the command string for the specified data source. Read/write Object. |
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CommandType | Returns or sets one of the XlCmdType constants. Read/write XlCmdType. |
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Connection | Returns or sets a string that contains ODBC settings that enable Microsoft Excel to connect to an ODBC data source. Read/write Object. |
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Creator | Returns a constant in the XlCreator enumeration that indicates the application in which this object was created. Read-only. |
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EnableRefresh | True if the connection can be refreshed by the user. The default value is True. Read/write Boolean. |
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Parent | Returns the parent object for the specified object. Read-only. |
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RefreshDate | Returns the date on which the ODBC connection was last refreshed. Read-only DateTime. |
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Refreshing | True if a background ODBC query is in progress for the specified ODBC connection. Read/write Boolean. |
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RefreshOnFileOpen | True if the connection is automatically updated each time the workbook is opened. The default value is False. Read/write Boolean. |
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RefreshPeriod | Returns or sets the number of minutes between refreshes. Read/write Integer. |
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RobustConnect | Returns or sets how ODBC connection connects to its data source. Read/write XlRobustConnect. |
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SavePassword | True if password information in an ODBC connection string is saved in the connection string. False if the password is removed. Read/write Boolean. |
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ServerCredentialsMethod | Returns or sets the type of credentials that should be used for server authentication. Read/write XlCredentialsMethod. |
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ServerSSOApplicationID | Returns or sets a single sign-on application (SSO) identifier that is used to do a lookup in the SSO database for credentials. Read/write String. |
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SourceConnectionFile | Returns or sets a String indicating the Microsoft Office Data Connection file or similar file that was used to create the connection. Read/write. |
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SourceData | Returns the data source for the ODBC connection, as shown in the table. Read/write Object. |
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SourceDataFile | Returns or sets a String indicating the source data file for an ODBC connection. Read/write. |