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DAO/Jet Database problem

hello,

i wrote a program which uses DAO to access an Access database (.mdb).
it works fine on my computer, but refuses to run on another computer with a fresh installation of WinNT 4. i get the error message "Can not initialize DAO/Jet databasemode" (in german: "Initialisierung des DAO/Jet Datenbankmodus nicht möglich").

what do i have to do to get it running on all computers? which files do i have to copy to the system?

thanks, Markus

jkr

Did you install the DAO package? There's a folder named 'redist' on the VC++ CDOM where you can find the setup program, which is 'redistributable', i.e. MS allows to ship that with your application...

MarkusSt

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hi jkr,

thanks for the fast answer. i just had the msvcrt.dll and mfc42.dll copied with the program. i didn't know i have to install the database drivers seperately.

anyway.. i found 2 "redist" directories, one in \DAOSDK and the other one in \VC98. i ran the setup program in the \DAOSDK\REDIST directory.. it copied some dll files and my program seems to work fine now. however, during installation it said that odbc32.dll is missing. is it enough if i just copy odbc32.dll from the \OS\SYSTEM directory to the computers, or is there some other setup program i have to run?

-Markus

chensu

INFO: Redistributing DAO Components with DAO Apps
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q143/2/92.asp

HOWTO: Redistributing DAO with Your Visual C++ 5.0 Application
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q167/5/23.ASP

Redistributing Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Applications
http://msdn.microsoft.com/isapi/msdnlib.idc?theURL=/library/techart/redistribvc6.htm

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