Microsoft KB Archive/140255

Microsoft ODBC Drivers Ver. 3.0 for 32-Bit Programs

Q140255

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Open Database Connectivity
Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
Microsoft Word for Windows, version 7.0
Microsoft Office for Windows, version 7.0
Microsoft Project for Windows 95, version 4.1
Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
Microsoft Visual Basic, version 4.0
Microsoft Visual C++, versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 4.0
Microsoft Access for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

The file discussed in this article (Ge1263) contains the latest Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) drivers.

NOTE: If you are using Microsoft Office 97, you do not need to download or use this file. The Data Access Pack is located in the Valupack\Dataacc folder on the Microsoft Office 97 compact disc. The following drivers are installed with the Data Access Pack that is included with Microsoft Office 97:

Microsoft Access Driver
Microsoft Excel Driver
Microsoft Text and HTML Driver
Microsoft xBase Driver
Exchange Driver
Paradox Driver
Lotus 1-2-3 Driver

MORE INFORMATION

In using this software product you implicitly agree to the terms of the applicable license agreement included at the end of this document. Your rights and limitations for redistributing these ODBC drivers are fully documented in the END USER LICENSE agreement below.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

Ge1263.exe

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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INTRODUCTION

This file Ge1263.exe contains the latest Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) drivers for the following data sources:

ORACLE(R) versions 7.0 and 7.1
Microsoft SQL Server versions 4.21 and 6.0
Microsoft Jet database engine version 3.0, which supports the following formats:

- Microsoft Access versions 1.x, 2.0, and 7.0
- Microsoft FoxPro(R) versions 2.0, 2.5, and 2.6
- dBASE III(R), dBASE IV(R), and dBASE(R) for Windows
- Paradox(R) versions 3.x, 4.x, and 5.0
- Microsoft Excel versions 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, and 7.0

[NOTE: A 16-bit version of the Oracle 7 driver included with Ge1263.exe is available from INPRISE, Inc., which is necessary for those customers with Excel 5.0x who encounter bugs in the 16-bit Oracle 7 driver (from the ODBC Driver Pack Fulfillment Kit 2.0) that are fixed in the new driver. Contact information is included below.]

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These ODBC drivers are 32-bit only and are designed for use by ODBC- compliant, 32-bit programs running under Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows NT(R) 3.51. Note that the ORACLE 7.0 and 7.1 ODBC drivers are designed only for Windows NT 3.51 and not Microsoft Windows 95.

Installation Requirements

To set up the ODBC drivers, you must have one of the following 32-bit ODBC-compliant programs installed on your computer:

Microsoft Access for Windows 95
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95
Microsoft Word for Windows 95
Microsoft Office for Windows 95
Microsoft Project for Windows 95
Microsoft Visual FoxPro(TM) version 3.0
Microsoft Visual Basic(R) version 4.0
Microsoft Visual C++ version 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, or 4.0

To use the ORACLE 7.0 ODBC drivers, you must have a 32-bit version of SQL*Net(R) installed on your computer. For information about obtaining the 32-bit version of SQL*Net, please contact Oracle Corporation at (800) 345-DBMS.

Installation

To install the Microsoft ODBC drivers, do the following:

If you received the disks with this Application Note, run Windows Explorer in Windows 95 (or File Manager in Windows NT) and create a new folder on drive C called Ge1263.

If you downloaded this file from an online service, skip to step 5. This procedure assumes that you have already downloaded and extracted the compressed file to a folder on drive C named Ge1263.
Insert Disk 1 in drive A, copy the contents of Disk 1 to the Ge1263 folder, and double-click Disk1.exe to extract the files it contains.
Insert Disk 2 in drive A, copy the contents of Disk 2 to the Ge1263 folder, and double-click Disk2.exe to extract the files it contains.
If you are running Windows 95, click the Start button, and then click Run. (If you are running Windows NT, choose Run from the File menu in Program Manager or File Manager.)
In the Open box (or in the Command Line box in Windows NT), type the following command, and then click OK:

c:\ge1263\setup
Follow the setup instructions on the screen. Note that the Setup program also runs the ODBC Administrator (Odbcad32.exe), which enables you to set up data sources for the Microsoft ODBC drivers.

Help Files for ODBC Drivers

This file Ge1263.exe includes the following three driver-specific help files:

The ODBC SQL Server help file (Drvssrvr.hlp) contains information about adding, modifying, and connecting to Microsoft SQL Server data sources, connection string attributes, and ODBC conformance levels.
The ODBC Desktop Database Drivers Help file (Odbcjet.hlp) contains information about adding and modifying Microsoft Jet database engine data sources, connecting to and deleting data sources, and levels of ODBC conformance. The Odbcjet.hlp file contains a "Product Support" topic with details about ODBC support offerings from Microsoft. The Odbcjtnw.hlp file is a subset of the Odbcjet.hlp file and describes new features of the ODBC drivers.
The Visigenic ODBC ORACLE Driver Help file (Oracle.hlp) contains information about adding, modifying, and connecting to ORACLE version 7.0 data sources, connection string attributes, and levels of ODBC conformance.

For information about how to contact INPRISE, Inc., query in the Knowledge Base for one of the following articles:

Q65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

Q60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

Q60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

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