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.

Visual Basic for Applications 
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(), where is the data field name or the index number, to return a single ODSOColumnobject. 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.

Visual Basic for Applications 
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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See also:

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