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ODSOColumns object (Office)

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A collection of ODSOColumn objects that represent the data fields in a mail merge data source.

Example

Use the Columns property to return the ODSOColumns collection. The following example displays the field names in the data source attached to the active publication.

Sub ShowFieldNames() 
 Dim appOffice As OfficeDataSourceObject 
 Dim intCount As Integer 
 
 Set appOffice = Application.OfficeDataSourceObject 
 appOffice.Open bstrConnect:="DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER=ServerName;" & _ 
 "UID=user;PWD=;DATABASE=Northwind", bstrTable:="Employees" 
 
 With appOffice.Columns 
 For intCount = 1 To .Count 
 MsgBox "Column Name: " & .Item(intCount).Name 
 Next 
 End With 
End Sub

Use Columns(index), where index is the data field name or the index number, to return a single ODSOColumn object. The index number represents the position of the data field in the mail merge data source. This example retrieves the name of the first field and value of the first record of the FirstName field in the data source attached to the active publication.

Sub GetDataFromSource() 
 Dim appOffice As OfficeDataSourceObject 
 
 Set appOffice = Application.OfficeDataSourceObject 
 appOffice.Open bstrConnect:="DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER=ServerName;" & _ 
 "UID=user;PWD=;DATABASE=Northwind", bstrTable:="Employees" 
 
 With appOffice.Columns 
 MsgBox "Field Name: " & .Columns(1).Name & _ 
 "Value: " & .Columns("FirstName").Value 
 End With 
End Sub

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