>The *easiest* approach is to simply use the ADO OCX control and just drop it on a VB form. You can then set the properties for your ODBC drivers and it allows you to bind textbox's,etc to it easily like VFP (You can add the Microsoft ADO Data Control to your VB project from the Project... Components menu). Double click on 'Custom..' in the properties and a dialog displays all the connection options.
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>This control is easy to use and you can get up and going relatively easily.
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>That said:
>I would recommend if you are going to use VB you get trained on using ADO programmatically in a class environment. I realize many shops are dropping VFP and switching to VB/ADO while still using VFP tables, but properly structuring a VB app with a ADO data aware class is the only way to keep the code from turning into a plate of angel hair pasta!
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>Good Luck,
>Ed

Thanks for the advice - I'll give it a try!
Ben Keene