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title: "Command and CommandText Properties Example (VC++) | Microsoft Docs"
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# Command and CommandText Properties Example (VC++)
The following code demonstrates how to use the [Command](../../../ado/reference/adox-api/command-property-adox.md) property to update the text of a procedure.  
  
```  
// BeginCommandTextCpp  
// This sample runs correctly only if procedure 'CustomerById' exists.  
  
#import "msado15.dll" rename("EOF", "EndOfFile")  
#import "msadox.dll" no_namespace  
  
#include "iostream"  
using namespace std;  
  
// Function declarations  
inline void TESTHR(HRESULT x) {if FAILED(x) _com_issue_error(x);};  
void ProcedureTextX();  
  
int main() {  
   if ( FAILED(::CoInitialize(NULL) ) )  
      return -1;  
  
   HRESULT hr = S_OK;  
  
   // Define ADOX object pointers, initialize pointers. These are in ADOX namespace.  
   _CatalogPtr m_pCatalog = NULL;  
  
   // Define ADODB object pointers.  
   ADODB::_ConnectionPtr m_pCnn = NULL;  
   ADODB::_CommandPtr m_pCommand = NULL;  
  
   try {  
      // Open the Connection  
      TESTHR(hr = m_pCnn.CreateInstance(__uuidof(ADODB::Connection)));  
      TESTHR(hr = m_pCatalog.CreateInstance(__uuidof(Catalog)));  
      TESTHR(hr = m_pCommand.CreateInstance(__uuidof(ADODB::Command)));  
      m_pCnn->Open("Provider='Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0';data source='c:\\Northwind.mdb';", "", "", NULL);  
  
      // Open the catalog  
      m_pCatalog->PutActiveConnection(_variant_t((IDispatch *)m_pCnn));  
  
      // Get the Command  
      m_pCommand = m_pCatalog->Procedures->GetItem("CustomerById")->GetCommand();  
  
      // Update the CommandText  
      m_pCommand->PutCommandText("PARAMETERS [CustId] Text;select "  
         "CustomerId, CompanyName, ContactName "  
         "from Customers where CustomerId = [CustId]");  
      printf("CommandText is updated.\n");  
  
      // Update the Procedure  
      m_pCatalog->Procedures->GetItem("CustomerById")->PutCommand(_variant_t((IDispatch *)m_pCommand));  
      printf("Procedure 'CustomerById' is updated.\n");  
   }  
   catch(_com_error &e) {  
      // Notify the user of errors if any.  
      _bstr_t bstrSource(e.Source());  
      _bstr_t bstrDescription(e.Description());  
  
      printf("\n\tSource :  %s \n\tdescription : %s \n ", (LPCSTR)bstrSource, (LPCSTR)bstrDescription);  
   }  
   catch(...) {  
      cout << "Error occurred in ProcedureTextX...."<< endl;  
   }  
  
   ::CoUninitialize();  
}  
```  
  
## See Also  
 [Command Property (ADOX)](../../../ado/reference/adox-api/command-property-adox.md)