ConnectString Property

Returns or sets a String that represents the connection to the specified mail merge data source. Read/write.

expression   Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Example

This example checks if the connection string contains the characters ODSOOutlook and displays a message accordingly.

Sub VerifyCorrectDataSource()
    Dim appOffice As OfficeDataSourceObject

    Set appOffice = Application.OfficeDataSourceObject
    appOffice.Open bstrConnect:="DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER=ServerName;" & _
        "UID=user;PWD=;DATABASE=Northwind", bstrTable:="Employees"

    If InStr(appOffice.ConnectString, "ODSOOutlook") > 0 Then
        MsgBox "Your Outlook address book is used as the data source."
    Else
        MsgBox "Your Outlook address book is not used as the data source."
    End If

End Sub