retrieving length's of columns in a database?

I have an access database with a pair of tables. I know how many fields are in the table (42 and 36). I want to load, using an array, the field lengths of each field into an array. Why doesn't the following work? It gives me a -1 for each element in the array instead of the numeric length of the field. Here is what I have:

VB Code:

For i = 0 To 42
            tcrhdrfldlen(i) = tcrhdrdt.Columns(i).MaxLength
        Next i
 
        For i = 0 To 36
            tcrdtrfldlen(i) = tcrdtrdt.Columns(i).MaxLength
        Next i

Here is what worked in VB5:

VB Code:

For i = 0 To 42
            tcrhdrfldlen(i) = tcrhdrdt.Fields(i).Size
        Next i
 
        For i = 0 To 36
            tcrdtrfldlen(i) = tcrdtrdt.Fields(i).Size
        Next i

Thanks for the help!

Any ideas on this? I can't find any properties that would possibly tell me this. In the help, it said that a -1 means that there is not maxlength, so which property do I need to reference? Thanks!

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