
VB3 using Access 2.0 db thru ODBC
Quote:
> Hi
> I hope someone out there can help. I'm using VB3.0 and I have
> an Access 2.0 database that I'm accessing. I'm just using the Data
> control and I'm connecting a label to a field in the Access database.
> I'm doing this through ODBC, so my connect string for the Data
> control is "ODBC;DSN=whatever". This works in VB3.0 on my machine,
> both in the VB environment and as an .EXE.
> But when I install this program on others' computers, it won't work.
> I get an error 2034 (no message for this error), which probably is
> the message that I can't use ODBC to attach an external Access db
> table to your database.
Get the following patches to allow your app to always use
Access 2.0 MDB's natively, as well as other goodies:
<ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/comlyr.exe>
<ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/accsvc.exe>
<ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/vbrun300.exe>
<ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/vbdb300.exe>
<ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/ww1000.exe>
<ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/ww1116.exe>
<ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/setupk.exe>
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