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Default Use MS Query in VBA to only get a SQL statement

I wonder if this were possible:
Use MS Query to construct a SQL statement and use the statement in VBA code
(ADO, ODBC connecting to Interbase), but don't let it run the statement.
So just use the MS Query as a SQL wizard, incorporated in VBA code.
Doing this would save a lot of coding to get a similar wizard, although it
shouldn't be too difficult either.
One drawback I can see is that MS Query won't let you do a WHERE condition
on a field that is not in the SELECT
clause. The good thing though is that it will automatically add any joins,
although I am not sure how it will handle
joins that are not inner joins.
Hope this explains it clear enough and thanks for any advice.

RBS