Rick
Tue Jul 01 13:25:44 CDT 2003
Manuel,
It's been publicly stated that perhaps as early as this month (July =
2003), that there will be a VFP OLEDB Provider made freely available =
that's just got a couple fixes/changes from the one released with VFP =
8.0. The last time I heard it was from Ken Levy, product manager of =
Visual FoxPro at Microsoft at the recent MS/Advisor DevCon in Palm =
Springs, CA.
Rick
"Manuel Toranzo" <mannyt@cargilusa.com> wrote in message =
news:%23TIYZ9%23PDHA.2852@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Will the VFP OLEDB Provider be provided separately from VFP 8. I have =
some
> Foxpro tables that I want to access with Visual Studio .Net and I =
don't
> want to use the ODBC.Net provider.
>=20
> "Lee Mitchell" <Leemi@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:t5C1bF%23PDHA.1720@cpmsftngxa09.phx.gbl...
> > Hi mundym:
> >
> > Are you talking about using the VFP OLEDB Provider? If so, you can =
use
> this
> > connection string to connect:
> >
> > OleDbConnection("Provider=3DVFPOLEDB.1;Data Source=3DC:\Program
> Files\Microsoft
> > Visual FoxPro 7\Samples\Tastrade\Data\tastrade.dbc;")
> >
> > I hope I understand your question.
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Microsoft FoxPro Technical Support
> > Lee Mitchell
> >
> > *-- VFP8 HAS ARRIVED!! --*
> > Read about all the new features of VFP8 here:
> >
http://www.universalthread.com/VisualFoxPro/News/VFP8Release.asp
> > Purchase VFP8 here:
> >
http://shop.microsoft.com/Referral/Productinfo.asp?siteID=3D11518
> >
> > Keep an eye on the product lifecycle for Visual FoxPro here:
> >
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=3Dfh;[ln];lifeprodv
> > - VFP5 Mainstream Support retires June 30th, 2003
> > - VFP6 Mainstream Support retires Sept. 30th, 2003
> >
> > >Can someone tell me the driver to open a fox pro database (not the
> > >odbc one) with Visual Basic.
> >
> > >Provider=3DMSDASQL.1;Extended
> > >Properties=3D"DefaultDir=3DC:\Control\;Driver=3D{Microsoft dBase =
Driver
> > >(*.dbf)};DriverId=3D21;FIL=3DdBase
> > >III;MaxBufferSize=3D2048;PageTimeout=3D600;UID=3Dadmin;"
> >
> >
> > >Thanks,
> >
>=20
>