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Btrieve from VB5
I need to access a Btrieve database from VB5 Professional. According to the VB Books Online, this is done through an Installable ISAM, but Setup doesn't list Btrieve as an option. Any ideas on this? How do I get the Btrieve IISAM?
Easy. Check out www.btrieve.com. They've changed their name to Pervasive Software since being let go by Novell, but they have the Btrieve Workstation Engine and the 32 bit ODBC driver that you need. Another resource is Intersolve, but they are quite a bit more expensive
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I know there are add-ons you can buy, such as Smithware's ActiveX Controls for Btrieve, but my understanding from the VB doco is that there is support built in. I shouldn't need to buy add-ins for basic Btrieve processing!
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All you have said is true, and I appreciate the information. However, the whole point of my enquiry was that VB3 and VB4 come with an Installable ISAM for Btrieve. It is even selectable as a data source from a Data Control. It would seem, however, that with VB5 they have stopped this support. This was even a surprise to the Microsoft support person I spoke to here in Australia. He is currently seeking official confirmation from Microsoft US on this. The VB Books Online that ships with VB5 even mentions Btrieve as a supported data source (in the same category as Dbase, Foxpro, etc.
So thanks for the help, but it hasn't really helped. I was intending to get the Cvtaive X Controls for Btrieve, but there is a 2 weeks+ delay in getting them. As my client wanted to see something sooner than that I was hoping to be able to use the standard facilities as an interim step.
So thanks for the help, but it hasn't really helped. I was intending to get the Cvtaive X Controls for Btrieve, but there is a 2 weeks+ delay in getting them. As my client wanted to see something sooner than that I was hoping to be able to use the standard facilities as an interim step.