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title: "Command (ADO for Visual C++ Syntax) | Microsoft Docs"
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ms.date: "01/19/2017"
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  - "C++"
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# Command (ADO for Visual C++ Syntax)
## Methods  
  
```  
Cancel(void)  
CreateParameter(BSTR Name, DataTypeEnum Type, ParameterDirectionEnum Direction, long Size, VARIANT Value, _ADOParameter **ppiprm)  
Execute(VARIANT *RecordsAffected, VARIANT *Parameters, long Options, _ADORecordset **ppirs)  
```  
  
## Properties  
  
```  
get_ActiveConnection(_ADOConnection **ppvObject)  
put_ActiveConnection(VARIANT vConn)  
putref_ActiveConnection(_ADOConnection *pCon)  
get_CommandText(BSTR *pbstr)  
put_CommandText(BSTR bstr)  
get_CommandTimeout(LONG *pl)  
put_CommandTimeout(LONG Timeout)  
get_CommandType(CommandTypeEnum *plCmdType)  
put_CommandType(CommandTypeEnum lCmdType)  
get_Name(BSTR *pbstrName)  
put_Name(BSTR bstrName)  
get_Prepared(VARIANT_BOOL *pfPrepared)  
put_Prepared(VARIANT_BOOL fPrepared)  
get_State(LONG *plObjState)  
get_Parameters(ADOParameters **ppvObject)  
```  
  
## See Also  
 [Command Object (ADO)](../../../ado/reference/ado-api/command-object-ado.md)