General recommendations on data control



I'm will begin to protype an app using data that is presently stored in a
large Excel spread*** and I'm looking for any recommendations on using a
data control, before I start. The database contains several thousand
records, each with about 20 fields. Right now only one table.

Should I use comct232.ocx?
What about the "DefaultType" as ODBC or Jet?
Other things I should consider?

Thanks


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