ODBC driver for paradox 4.5 database???
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>>: Has anyone ever gotten this to work?
>>: Will it ever work?
>>: I have heard of problems and briefly tried with no success?
>>: Please help.
>>: Thanks
>>I regularly use VB with Paradox 4.X tables. The trick is to use the Access2
>>engine (by installing Access2) by using the VB Access 2 Compatability Layer
>>which can be downloaded from ftp.microsoft.com or from Compuserve MSBASIC
>>forum. The file is called COMLYR.EXE, as I recall.
>>You can also use Paradox 4.X tables via ODBC, but this is a significantly
>>more difficult task than using the new Access2 engine.
>I put in the Paradox run time engine and everything works without a glitch.
I too have had no problems (except initial configuration) accessing Paradox
4.x tables. I have even gotten ODBC working. One can also access 5.0 tables,
provided that they are structured without the new 5.0 field types. The
Paradox engine is much faster, however, probably because VB is about thrice
removed from the data (VB -> Comlayer -> Jet -> ISAM -> data)
