>As far as an Informix ODBC driver, I believe Intersolv is the
>best place to get them. I say them because they have both
>a 16-bit Windows version and a 32-bit Windows version.
>
>Don't look for an address on Q+E. They were bought out by
>Intersolv a couple of years ago. Go to URL:
>http://www.intersolv.com . They refer to their stuff as
>DataDirect in case you get confused looking at all of
>their products. I did. <g>
>
>Another source would be Informix themselves. They market
>a package called INFORMIX-CLI that includes both their
>proprietary software (which you will need) and the proper
>ODBC driver(s). I have this on order right now myself. (I
>also have the Intersolv DataDirect ODBC Driver Pack that
>includes everything but the kitchen sink as far as all of
>the popular databases are concerned. <vbg>)
>
>Back to that part you'll need despite whose ODBC driver
>you get. It's called Informix-Net or more popularly I-Net.
>Even Oracle has their SQL*Net. It's just a piece of database
>communications software that's required on the Windows
>client.
>
>The Informix-CLI product is $295, I believe. The Intersolv
>ODBC driver, which is probably in the Informix-CLI package
>anyway, is about $99 from Intersolv. The whole pack
>obviously costs more, but I don't know the price as I bought
>and upgraded from Q+E years ago and now through Intersolv.
>
>Hope this helps!!!
>
>==Carl
>Carl J. Warner

Carl,

I really appreciate your detailed reply. I have both I-Net and Informinx CLI. The problem is that I can't make VFP 3.0 recognize the fact that they are installed. When you create a connection in VFP, it appears that it only looks in the 32-bit ODBC driver list and can't find Informix CLI.
Have you used CLI with VFP? I'd appreciate any info you might have. Thanks.

Bob