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- ODBC Directory
- ==============
-
- The \VB\ODBC directory can be used to redistribute ODBC and the ODBC drivers that ship in Visual
- Basic 5.0 with your application. The Visual Basic 5.0 Setup Wizard does not support the setup
- and distribution ODBC or the ODBC drivers found on your computer. This directory is provided
- to assist you in distributing and properly installing all of the components required to use
- ODBC with your application.
-
- Contents
- --------
- The Setup provided within is a standard setup used by other Microsoft applications, such as
- Visual Basic 5.0 itself. Setup supports a maintenance mode after installation, which can be
- accessed through the Control Panel (Add/Remove Programs). The ODBC setup installs the
- following components:
-
- - Core ODBC
- - Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver
- - Microsoft Oracle ODBC Driver
- - Microsoft ODBC Desktop Driver Pack
-
- The end user is presented with the option of installing all of the ODBC drivers, or can
- choose which drivers to install through the Custom setup option.
-
- Distribution
- ------------
- You can distribute the contents of the directory "as is", or you can create floppy disks from
- the contents of the directory.
-
- Creating Floppy Disks
- ---------------------
- To distribute ODBC on floppy disks, you will need three (3) formatted 1.44 meg (or greater)
- floppy disks. You can simply copy the contents onto the disks, and run setup.exe from Disk1.
-
- Disk1
- Setup.exe
- Setup.ini
- Setup.lst
- Setup.tdf
- Odbcstp.inf
- Odbc-1.cab
-
- Disk2
- Odbc2-cab
-
- Disk3
- Odbc3-cab
-
- Running ODBC Setup from a Network Share
- ---------------------------------------
- If you are distributing your application over a network, you can copy the contents of this
- directory to a network share and run setup.exe from that location.
-
- Internet Component Download of ODBC
- -----------------------------------
- This ODBC setup has been packaged into a Cabinet file that can be used to automatically download
- and install ODBC via Component Download. The Cabinet file (ODBC30.Cab) can be found in the
- \Tools\Cabinets directory and on http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb5.
-
- The following sample .INF file entries show how to include ODBC in your download package.
-
- [version]
- signature="$CHICAGO$"
- AdvancedINF=2.0
-
- ;Use the ODBC driver that you want to install
- [Add.Code]
- sqlsrv32.dll=sqlsrv32.dll
-
- ;Replace FileVersion with the appropriate version of the ODBC driver
- [sqlsrv32.dll]
- hook=ODBC30.cab_Installer
- FileVersion=X,X,X,X
-
- [ODBC30.cab_Installer]
- file-win32-x86=ODBC30.cab
- run=%EXTRACT_DIR%\ODBC30.exe
-