Even if I do an on error for error trapping, I still get the SQL Server login screens when the connection fails. I need the SQL login screens to not appear because the user is going to be able to enter the elements of the connection string. How do I prevent the screen from appearing?

Jim

>my string is like this:
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>"DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER=TECH03;UID=bdehoyos;APP=Microsoft Visual FoxPro;WSID=TECH03;DATABASE=testedi;Trusted_Connection=yes"
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>by including UID , Trusted_Connection=yes and the database and server name on it i had no problems.
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>btw some error traping might be good just to be sure .
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>Bernardo.