Re: Visual FoxPro Driver

From: John Holubiak (CharmNewton_at_comcast.net)
Date: 10/17/04 

Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 13:03:46 -0700

Tom,

You should have the Windows Installer on an XP machine. :-) The .msi file
should load like an executable from the Run command.

John

"TomB" <TomB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D768AB0B-81D7-4E01-90F7-68AC50ADBF72@microsoft.com...
> John,
>
> Oops! I reread the instructions and the need to download Windows
> Installer.
> However, there's nothing there about XP systems - ?? If Windows Installer
> is already on my computer, how do I find it? If there, it may be a
> leftover
> from when the computer was under Windows Me. If so: 1) can I use it, or
> 2)
> can I use the listed one than includes NT, or 3) is there an XP version I
> can
> get?
>
> Thanks again,
> Tom
>
> "John Holubiak" wrote:
>
>> Tom,
>>
>> Perhaps reinstalling the driver using this installation program will
>> solve
>> your problem.
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/downloads/updates/odbc/default.aspx
>>
>> VFP also has an OLE DB driver which is now the recommended way to access
>> VFP
>> and FoxPro data.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> John
>>
>> "TomB" <TomB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E4EC0DB9-0AB3-4227-A53A-547446D3CA1F@microsoft.com...
>> > We have a VB6 app that ran successfully with a .DBF databse under
>> > pre-XP
>> > Windows operating systems with a connection to the Visual FoxPro
>> > Driver.
>> > The
>> > app fails under XP when attempting to open the connection. The Visual
>> > FoxPro
>> > Driver is listed in the ODBC Data Sources for the computer, but when
>> > the
>> > Configure button is clicked a message says the current version of the
>> > driver
>> > must be installed.
>> >
>> > I can't seem to find anything on the Microsoft website about a driver
>> > under
>> > XP, which I understand has MDAC 7.X. Is the Visual FoxPro Driver
>> > supported
>> > under XP? If so, how do I get a driver to install? If not, what are
>> > the
>> > alternatives? Thanks.
>> > --
>> > Tom Buggy
>>
>>
>>