Usefull addons to CDaoTableDef | CodeGuru

Usefull addons to CDaoTableDef

This currently only includes one function. Allough is not complete I hope it shows how to set some of the field parameters. Also look at MS Knowledge base article Q152688 SetAllowZeroLength( LPCTSTR lpszField, BOOL bSet ) lpszField is the field name to be modified, bSet = TRUE for allowing zero length, FALSE for no zero […]

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This currently only includes one function.

Allough is not complete I hope it shows how to set some of the field parameters.

Also look at MS Knowledge base article Q152688

SetAllowZeroLength( LPCTSTR lpszField, BOOL bSet )

lpszField is the field name to be modified,

bSet = TRUE for allowing zero length, FALSE for no zero length

How to Use:

CGeneralTableDef def( &MyDatabase );        // MyDatabase is a previously opened CDaoDatabase object

def.Open( _T("A Table") );

def.SetAllowZeroLength( _T("AStringField"), TRUE );    // set allow zero length

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