ACC2: Parameter Typing Utility Available on MSL

ID: Q149357

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access 2.0

SUMMARY

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

The Parameter Typing Utility (Params.exe) can help automate the process of explicitly defining the data types of parameters. It loops through the queries in a database and prompts you for the parameter type of any parameters not explicitly defined. You have the option of looping through all queries or only the update and append queries. If you have installed the Microsoft Access version 2.0 Service Pack you, will probably want to run this utility.

~ Params.exe

is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library. It contains the following files:


   Params.mda    The Parameter Typing Utility library
   Params.txt    A text file with installation instructions

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services


Keywords          : kbfile Softlib 
Version           : 2.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: April 28, 1999