Re: Excel 2003 Database Driver Visual FoxPro 7 on Server 2003.

From: Cindy Winegarden (cindy_winegarden_at_msn.com)
Date: 11/28/04


Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:07:30 -0500

Hi SmithJones,

You can get the latest FoxPro and Visual FoxPro ODBC drivers and OLE DB data
provider from
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/downloads/updates/default.aspx. The driver
installed with Windows 2000 (but not with XP or Server 2003) which is why
you were ok on your Win2K machine.

-- 
Cindy Winegarden  MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
cindy_winegarden@msn.com  www.cindywinegarden.com
"smithjones" <smithjones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:44CBB3AE-2D57-47CA-92E8-E49508D31BEE@microsoft.com...
>I have Excell 2003 (office 2003 Enterprise Edition) installed on Server 
>2003.
> However when I tried to get external data from a database and use the 
> Foxpro
> ODBC driver, it tells me to go to the microsoft web site to install it,
> howerver the microsoft web site does not have a driver to install for 
> Server
> 2003.
>
> I had Office 2002 with the same problem, when I try to get external data,
> the Foxpro driver does not show up.
>
> In Control panel/Administrative tools, the ODBC list of drivers does show
> the FoxPro database, when I try to use it, it tells me to get the driver 
> from
> the microsoft web site.
>
> How do I use this. I am able to use this on Windows 2000 prof, excel 200
> with no problem.
>
> Thanks.
>
> 


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