<<However, when I double-clicked odbccp32.cpl, I was rewarded with
something similar to what I got before.>>
Not sure what you are looking for then. The myODBC driver should not need configuring,
beyond setting up data sources, which is exactly what the control panel applet does for
you. There is no program to launch - you configure a data source to allow you to access
data, then use your ODBC-capable program to connect to that data source.
Start up the ODBC applet and change to the "System DSN" tab. Next, add a new data source
which uses the myODBC driver to connect to the database you want to access via ODBC. Once
you have done this, you can then connect to the data source from your ODBC-capable program
using the name of the data source.
Cheers
Andrew.
David Blomstrom wrote:
>--- Andrew Pattison <spam@stripped> wrote:
>
>
>
>>The ODBC control applet in Windows can be found in
>>two places:<br>
>>
>>1. Control Panel.
>>2. Administrative Tools (if you are using Windows
>>2000 or XP).<br>
>>
>>If you have Windows 2000 or XP, the easiest way to
>>find it is to find
>>your "Administrative Tools" folder (usually you need
>>to tweak the Start
>>menu to make it visible) and double click on the
>>"Data Sources (ODBC)"
>>icon. If you have Windows XP you can also open
>>control panel and use
>>the Administrative Tools icon in there.
>>
>>If you don't have Windows 2000 or XP, you need to
>>find a file called
>>odbccp32.cpl (or similar). If this is placed in the
>>windows\system
>>directory it should be visible in Control Panel. If
>>it is not visible,
>>you should use TweakUI to enable it. TweakUI is a
>>Microsoft utility and
>>can be found by searching on download.com .
>>
>>
>
>I have Windows XP, but I couldn't find an
>Administrative Tools folder, so I downloaded and
>installed TweakUI. I now have an Admin Tools folder on
>my desktop. I also located the file odbccp32.cpl in
>the Windows/system32 folder, so I'll try to figure out
>how to enable it.
>
>However, when I double-clicked odbccp32.cpl, I was
>rewarded with something similar to what I got before.
>I hope there's a user-friendly program waiting at the
>end of this journey! :)
>
>Thanks for all the tips.
>
>
>
>
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