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Category:
Visual FoxPro and .NET
Title:
OLE DB: what replaces ODBC Data Source Administrator?
Environment versions
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
I am upgrading some C++/MFC applications that I have that in the past used ODBC to transfer data into databases, mostly VFP databases, but sometimes ACCESS or EXCEL.
Since MS no longer supports ODBC for VFP9, I have been looking into using OLEDB.
ODBC Data Source Administrator was a very convenient tool that allowed users to setup databases that could be used with my program.
Is there anything similar for OLEDB?
I notice that various MS applications, e.g. Excel and VS2005 have wizards that allow the user to configure data sources. Are those wizards available as stand-alone apps?
Also, I note that MS is urging developers to avoid using UDL files for specificying data sources because of security concerns.
I don't want to reinvent the wheel if such a Data Source Configuration Wizard is already available.
Thanks,
Jim
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