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Old 09-11-02, 05:07
colzboppo colzboppo is offline
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DBforum guyz / ladeez,
I would like to know 2 things about Filemaker Pro

1. What the ADO connection string is to connect to the DB (ODBC)
2. What file extension I should use as the DB is to be hosted on windows

Thanks in advance... =)
Colz.....
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Old 11-06-02, 08:43
jptrue jptrue is offline
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Hello,
To access a Filemaker Pro database through ADO, set up a System DSN using the Filemaker Pro ODBC Driver.
I use the following connection string:
"dsn=your_dns; Initial Catalog=your_database; User Id=; Password="
I use the .fp5 file extension for my databases.

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Jeff
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