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# ADO API Reference
This section of the ADO documentation contains topics for each ADO object, collection, property, dynamic property, method, event, and enumeration. In addition, it contains a list of ADO syntax indexes to be used with Microsoft Visual C++ and Windows Foundation Classes (WFC).  
  
 For more information, search for a specific topic in the index or refer to the following topics:  
  
-   [ADO Object Model](../../../ado/reference/ado-api/ado-object-model.md)  
  
-   [ADO Objects and Interfaces](../../../ado/reference/ado-api/ado-objects-and-interfaces.md)  
  
-   [ADO Collections](../../../ado/reference/ado-api/ado-collections.md)  
  
-   [ADO Properties](../../../ado/reference/ado-api/ado-properties.md)  
  
-   [ADO Dynamic Properties](../../../ado/reference/ado-api/ado-dynamic-properties.md)  
  
-   [ADO Methods](../../../ado/reference/ado-api/ado-methods.md)  
  
-   [ADO Events](../../../ado/reference/ado-api/ado-events.md)  
  
-   [ADO Enumerated Constants](../../../ado/reference/ado-api/ado-enumerated-constants.md)  
  
-   [ADO Syntax Indexes](../../../ado/reference/ado-api/ado-syntax-indexes.md)  
  
-   [ADO Code Examples](../../../ado/reference/ado-api/ado-code-examples.md)  
  
## See Also  
 [Appendix D: ADO Samples](../../../ado/guide/appendixes/appendix-d-ado-samples.md)   
 [Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)](../../../ado/microsoft-activex-data-objects-ado.md)   
 [Appendix C: Programming with ADO](../../../ado/guide/appendixes/appendix-c-programming-with-ado.md)   
 [Appendix A: Providers](../../../ado/guide/appendixes/appendix-a-providers.md)   
 [ADO History](../../../ado/guide/ado-history.md)