Re: VC++ connect string for Excel 2002?

From: Douglas Laudenschlager [MS] (douglasl_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:03:12 -0700

Did you get this working? I've handled some Excel driver issues in the past,
but I don't monitor the newsgroups regularly.

-Doug 

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"Joe Hotchkiss" <nospam@baesystems.com> wrote in message
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> Mike wrote:
> >   I am no expert on C++ but it seems to me that the users dont have
> > the correct Excel drivers on their PC's, cant u direct the code to a
> > common excel driver diectory so the connection can use that driver?
> > or do a sniff on
> > the machine first to tell you which drivers for Excel are installed,
> > and use one of them?
>
> How would I tell which drivers are installed?  Either in the program or
> through the control panel would do me if I can get some evidence of
something
> being missing.  I'm not really that clued up on drivers and databases.
The
> program I'm working on isn't new and as long as things were not 'broke',
they
> didn't get 'fixed'.  My attention has all been elsewhere until now.
>
> > sorry its not much help...
> I'm grateful for anything I can get!
>
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>
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