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ODBCConnection Members

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Represents the ODBC connection.

The ODBCConnection type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property AlwaysUseConnectionFile True if the connection file is always used to establish connection to the data source. Read/write Boolean.
Public property 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.
Public property BackgroundQuery True if queries for the ODBC connection are performed asynchronously (in the background). Read/write Boolean.
Public property CommandText Returns or sets the command string for the specified data source. Read/write Object.
Public property CommandType Returns or sets one of the XlCmdType constants. Read/write XlCmdType.
Public property Connection Returns or sets a string that contains ODBC settings that enable Microsoft Excel to connect to an ODBC data source. Read/write Object.
Public property Creator Returns a constant in the XlCreator enumeration that indicates the application in which this object was created. Read-only.
Public property EnableRefresh True if the connection can be refreshed by the user. The default value is True. Read/write Boolean.
Public property Parent Returns the parent object for the specified object. Read-only.
Public property RefreshDate Returns the date on which the ODBC connection was last refreshed. Read-only DateTime.
Public property Refreshing True if a background ODBC query is in progress for the specified ODBC connection. Read/write Boolean.
Public property RefreshOnFileOpen True if the connection is automatically updated each time the workbook is opened. The default value is False. Read/write Boolean.
Public property RefreshPeriod Returns or sets the number of minutes between refreshes. Read/write Integer.
Public property RobustConnect Returns or sets how ODBC connection connects to its data source. Read/write XlRobustConnect.
Public property 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.
Public property ServerCredentialsMethod Returns or sets the type of credentials that should be used for server authentication. Read/write XlCredentialsMethod.
Public property 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.
Public property 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.
Public property SourceData Returns the data source for the ODBC connection, as shown in the table. Read/write Object.
Public property SourceDataFile Returns or sets a String indicating the source data file for an ODBC connection. Read/write.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method CancelRefresh Cancels all refresh operations in progress for the specified ODBC connection.
Public method Refresh Refreshes an ODBC connection.
Public method SaveAsODC Saves the ODBC connection as a Microsoft Office Data Connection file.

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See Also

Reference

ODBCConnection Interface

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel Namespace