I guess so, but I am not sure why the ODBC connection dialogue would not work. You should be able to set any needed connection parameter in that which is why I went in that direction.

>Mark,
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>I am trying to connect to SQL Server 2000. I have a connection class I use and that works fine connecting to the database I want to open. But, the Builder returns this error. Should I set my own connection string properties in the builder, rather than use the ODBC connection dialogue?
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>Paul