>>Is there a way, within VFP, to enumerate installed OLEDB providers on a workstation?
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>An MSKB article implies you need to query the registry, that's the approach I'll take unless someone has a better idea:
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>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q280739

That would be the way to do it, unless you find some ready-made code. Any entry under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID that has a key of OLEDB_SERVICES would represent an OLEDB provider. Once there, the sub-key named "OLE DB Provider" will have the description. HTH