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>>>A shot in the dark but have you installed the lastest Mdac_typ on your new PC?
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>>Hi Fred,
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>>Some yes, some no. :-)
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>I noticed that you are passing ODBC in front of your connection string.
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>I use
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>omain.conhand1 = SQLSTRINGCONNECT( SQLDRIVER=SQL Server; SERVER=EDispatch ; UID=sa; PWD=; WSID=EClient; DATABASE=Dispatch)
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>Without any problems, to connect to a SQL Server7 database.

Correct. The usage is in an Outlook form using VBScript. The documentation I read indicates the need for "ODBC" to be in the connection string.

We have narrowed this down to a connection protocol problem. The software is trying to connect using the Named Pipes Network Library but we require TCP/IP. I have not been able to locate where this setting can be made globally in NT. The only place we have seen it is when setting up a DSN.