ADODB Command: Creating Parameters for Stored Procs w/ Parameters

Are there any other way of appending parameters to a command object to be used
in executing a stored proc aside from this one:

1.)cmd.Parameters.Append cmd.CreateParameter("@MyParam1", adLongVarChar, adParamInput, 24, MyValue)
2.) set rst = cmd.Execute , aParams()
where in aParams is a variable that contains data that will be supplied to the stored proc. but
the problem with this one is that I can't create a disconnected recordset. It seems that I cannot
disconnect the recordset if it was populated by a command object

I'm creating a function for executing stored procs to avoid repititive work everytime I need to
execute a stored procs.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

enzo