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>No, not yet! Sorry about the delay in responding, but I thought
>I did reply and find now it didn't get here. God knows where that
>message went. Somebody out there is probably scratching his
>head. <g>
>
>What OS are you running VFP under that it only sees the 32-bit
>stuff? I'm curious only because Informix did tell me that I could use the 16-bit ODBC driver and CLI under 32-bit OS. Maybe they have a
>tech note or something on how to do that. Have you questioned
>your local Informix rep about that procedure or maybe tried to see
>if they have a faxback system to get an answer to that?
>
>My copy of I-Net is still on order with Informix in Atlanta. They say
>they have a minimum of $99 for maintenance fees *after* my rep
>told me a one year maintainance fee on CLI was $79. Any snafu
>to hold up a purchase order shipment.
>
>Once I finally get God's gift to database connectivity <g>, I will be
>diligently pursuing the details on this, too. I will be using VFP3.0b
>under Windows 3.11 to connect to Informix Ver 7.21 (I think) under
>HP-UX. What a convoluted trip!
>
>Hope you get yours working soon, or at least long before I get my
>shipment from Informix.

We must have the same Informix Atlanta rep. I left three voice mail messages for him with no results. I finally got hold of someone else who was willing to give me the pricing and ordering info in I-Net for Windows NT. It has been ordered but I don't know the delivery schedule yet.

I am using Windows NT 3.51 with VFP 3.0 (no b upgrade). Informix may be right in saying that you can use the 16 bit ODBC driver, the problem is getting VFP to find it in the Connection Wizard.

As you suggested, I downloaded the Intersolv Driver Pack. The Informix 5 driver shows up in the VFP Connection Wizard but I get error messages when I try the connection. There is a note in the Intersolv help that specifically says that you must have Informix Net 5.01 for Windows NT installed.

You think you have connectivity problems! We use a system called MINX for our manufacturing data. It is very user hostile. Our MIS group does a nightly download to an Informix database from MINX so the users can get the info they need via a software package called GQL that allows users to create their own queries into the Informix database (much like Crystal Reports but not nearly as friendly). I am trying to automate some of the more routine things we do using VFP.

Bob