>>>I do not know how ADO is distributed so I cannot comment on that. My guess is (emphasize the word GUESS) it will come with VS.
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>>One way of getting ADO is to install Internet Explorer 4.0
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>OK. I know that I had it on my system but I couldn't tell u how it got there <g>


It was the really big download from microsoft.com. It installed IE 4.0, ADO, LMNOP, and who knows what else. <g>