Re: MS Jet Oledb

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On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:36:30 -0700, RG <RG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

¤ Thanks for your reply.
¤
¤ I forgot to mention this project was built in vb6 enterprize environment. I
¤ searched the registry for the string which shows up in the data source
¤ portion of the prompt, didn't find anything there. I searched through the
¤ contents of all the files in the application folder, din't find anything
¤ there.
¤
¤ By the way, there is an .ini file which contains reference to the db. I
¤ changed that and that works. However, it appears that reports (I assume
¤ crystal reports) have their own connection to the db as when I try to print
¤ that happens.
¤

It very well could be hard-coded for crystal reports, although you may want to search your system
(file contents) and the Registry for any references to the file name.


Paul
~~~~
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
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