>What is the version/revision of the OLEDB provider that came with VFP8?
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>I installed VFP8 beta and there is a merge module "vfpoledb.msm" with the revision number

{8C32B55B-CC16-41EB-9356-A45710772ED4}

but I am not sure if this is actually the driver-package for 8 or 7 or a patched 7.
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>How can I be sure I am using the latest one? Is there a version independent ProgID (that I can't seem to find)?
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>Thanks.

Check the file properties of "C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB\vfpoledb*.dll" if you want the version of the installed VFP provider.

I don't think there is a version independent ProgID because you don't instantiate it directly but through ADO. I could be wrong.