>MSDN has all of the details on the .Open method syntax and its parameters. An ODBC connection can be set up with a string assigned to the connection object's .ConnectionString property.

Looked there and couldn't find details, might just need to tweak my search there.

>On the files section, Win32 and other API's I have a little form that allows you to build a connection string and shows it on an editbox control. Or, you can create an empty file with a udl extension and double click on it to build a connection string.
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>In MSDN you can also find JVP's paper "ADO Jumpstart for VFP developers".

Thanks much! I did find one in MSDN that I started using. I remember JVP doing an article but haven't seen it yet. Mike Antonovich has some examples too if I can track him down. Thanks again.