Programming MS Query

[Sergei.]

Is there way to

1) pass a file name (*.dqy, *.dns) to MS Query and
2) return results to Excel programmatically (without openning MS Query from
Excel).

Many thanks for your help (if you can help).

Regards,

[OJ]

Hi Sergei,
my first reaction is why not use ADO? My second is how can you return
results from MSQuery without opening MSQuery?

What sort of Database are you querying? What platform/version of Excel?
Do oyu have any code yet tht you can post?

OJ

[Sergei]

OJ, hi

Sorry I did not make myself clear. I am developing application an Excel
application using VSTO 2005 & VB. NET 2005. Instead of writing a Query
builder I'd like to use MS Query calling as follows

i = Shell("MSQRY32.exe",...)

I have experimentally figured out that I could pass a file name such as
*.dqy or *.dsn, but could not find a way how to pass the results from MS
Query back to my application.

Thanks,

"OJ" wrote:

> Hi Sergei,
> my first reaction is why not use ADO? My second is how can you return
> results from MSQuery without opening MSQuery?
>
> What sort of Database are you querying? What platform/version of Excel?
> Do oyu have any code yet tht you can post?
>
> OJ
>
>

[Bob Phillips]

If you shell it you have little chance as that will create an independent
process that you cannot access.

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Sergei" <Sergei@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:62F3BEB8-E1F9-4CF8-8F49-121B66A33065@microsoft.com...
> OJ, hi
>
> Sorry I did not make myself clear. I am developing application an Excel
> application using VSTO 2005 & VB. NET 2005. Instead of writing a Query
> builder I'd like to use MS Query calling as follows
>
> i = Shell("MSQRY32.exe",...)
>
> I have experimentally figured out that I could pass a file name such as
> *.dqy or *.dsn, but could not find a way how to pass the results from MS
> Query back to my application.
>
> Thanks,
>
> "OJ" wrote:
>
> > Hi Sergei,
> > my first reaction is why not use ADO? My second is how can you return
> > results from MSQuery without opening MSQuery?
> >
> > What sort of Database are you querying? What platform/version of Excel?
> > Do oyu have any code yet tht you can post?
> >
> > OJ
> >
> >

[Sergei]

Bob, thanks for the reply, but your answer suggest that it can be fired as an
automation server. Am I right?

Sergei.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

> If you shell it you have little chance as that will create an independent
> process that you cannot access.
>
> --
>
> HTH
>
> RP
> (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)
>
>
> "Sergei" <Sergei@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:62F3BEB8-E1F9-4CF8-8F49-121B66A33065@microsoft.com...
> > OJ, hi
> >
> > Sorry I did not make myself clear. I am developing application an Excel
> > application using VSTO 2005 & VB. NET 2005. Instead of writing a Query
> > builder I'd like to use MS Query calling as follows
> >
> > i = Shell("MSQRY32.exe",...)
> >
> > I have experimentally figured out that I could pass a file name such as
> > *.dqy or *.dsn, but could not find a way how to pass the results from MS
> > Query back to my application.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > "OJ" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Sergei,
> > > my first reaction is why not use ADO? My second is how can you return
> > > results from MSQuery without opening MSQuery?
> > >
> > > What sort of Database are you querying? What platform/version of Excel?
> > > Do oyu have any code yet tht you can post?
> > >
> > > OJ
> > >
> > >
>
>
>