ListManager.CreateEmpty
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Use this method to create an empty list for subsequent operations.
Definition
Function CreateEmpty(listName As String,listDesc As String,flags As Long,userFlags As Long) As Variant
Parameters
listName
A String that provides the name for the new list.
listDesc
A String that provides a description for the new list.
flags
A Long that specifies the bitmask flags that control the type of list created.
userFlags
A Long that contains application specific user flags. Not used by the ListManager object.
Return Values
If this method completes successfully, it returns a Variant that contains the ID of the new list.
Error Values
This method sets the Number property of the global Err object to S_OK (&H00000000) to indicate success and to either standard or custom COM error values to indicate failure. For more information about standard COM errors, see Standard COM Errors.
The following table shows the custom COM errors that this method can return.
| Constant | Value | Description |
| E_LM_INVALID_FLAGS | &H8C400005 | Invalid flags value. |
| E_LM_LIST_ALREADY_EXISTS | &H8C400007 | The specified list has already been created. |
| E_LM_SQLERROR | &H8C400003 | Error while executing SQL/ADO operation. |
| OLE_E_BLANK | &H80040007 | The ListManager object has not been properly initialized. |
Additional information may be available using the global Err object. In particular, the Description property may contain a text description of the error.
Remarks
This method is useful for creating an empty list for use as the result list of a copy, subtract, or union operation.
For a list of possible values for the flags parameter, see the GetListFlags method.
For more information about memory ownership issues related to COM property and method parameters, see Managing COM Parameter Memory.
Example
' vListID is a Variant
vListID = oListManager.CreateEmpty("TequillaBuyers1", _
"Tequilla buyers in January", 20, 0)