DdfCreateTable

Applies to:

VAccess

Description

Adds a table definition to the dictionary and creates an empty data file using the path and file information specified in the Location property and the attributes defined by FieldList and IndexList.

Syntax

object. DdfCreateTable bOverwrite

The DdfCreateTable method syntax has these parts:


Part	Description
object	Required. The name of a valid VAccess control.
bOverwrite	Required. Boolean specifying whether the VAccess control should overwrite an existing table definition and table if one exists.

Return Value

DdfCreateTable returns a two-byte integer that holds the status of the VAccess control. If this is zero, the operation completed successfully.

Remarks

This method first calls DdfAddTable to add the table definition to the dictionary. If this call fails for any reason, i.e. the table definition already exists and overwrite is False, DdfCreateTable will also fail. If DdfAddTable succeeds, this method will attempt to create a new, empty data file using Location. The bOverwrite parameter also controls whether or not an existing data file at the same Location will be overwritten.

Unlike many of the other dictionary methods and properties, DdfCreateTable does not check RefreshLocations. Since it does not affect the VAccess memory image, it assumes that it should write directly to the DDF. This behavior means that you do not have to switch RefreshLocations if you plan to use the VAccess memory image to store DDF changes, write them to the DDF, and create the table in one pass (see Programmer's Guide).

Example

'assume that fields, indexes, tableName and 
'location are already set 
VAEngine.RefreshLocations = False 
VAEngine.FieldList = fields 
VAEngine.IndexList = indexes 
VAEngine.TableName = tableName 
VAEngine.Location = location 
status = VAEngine.DDFCreateTable(True)