How to use dbase files in vbasic 3 ?
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Quote:
>When I try to read dbase files in visual basic 3.0, I get the
>folowing message: " COULDN'T FIND INSTALLABLE ISAM "
>However, vb.ini has the good reference to xbs110.dll.
I had the (dubious) fortune of having to write a VB 3.0 program in Win
3.1 which was accessing a dBase III database (not my choice). After much
hair pulling (and I don't have much hair) I got it to work. I deduced
that my program had to create it's own INI file in the C:\WINDOWS with
the following sections:
[Database]
Name=C:\REPORT\DBR
Connect=dBASE III
Exclusive=No
Read Only=No
[Installable ISAMs]
dBASE III=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\XBS110.DLL
[dBase ISAM]
Deleted=On
What got me for a while was that everything would work whilst debugging
mode, because of VB.INI having the above sections I presume, but not
when running the EXE.
Hope this helps.
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