Using visual FoxPro 2.6 files with VB 3.0
Quote:
> I have a VB application which has been
> loading a FoxPro v. 2.5 database with the
> opendatabase command. The data supplier would like
> to move to Visual FoxPro v. 2.6 files as the data
> source for future releases. Does anyone have any
> experience with this? Do I need to install the
> Access 2.0 compatibility layer?
> Thanks,
> Nathan
The compatibility layer combined with the Access Service Pack
will let you use FoxPro 2.6 databases. Here are the relevant
URL's for these and other essential patches:
<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>
The Connect string for FoxPro 2.6 is "FoxPro 2.6;".
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