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change File DSN using Vb program
Posted on 2004-08-04
How can i change a file DSN using a vb application???
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You simply need to re-create (overwrite) it. See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;184608&Product=vb6
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I never used file DSN (in fact I never use DSNs otherwise being forced to!)
Try to create a system DSN and use from your application to see which one (system or file) will be used.
Try to create a system DSN and use from your application to see which one (system or file) will be used.
actually i am using crystal report and i thk crystal erport works with DSn only and not without that!! Please correct me if i am wrong.
Also how can i retrieve the values from an existing file DSN? because before changing i shoudl know whether a change is required or not..
Also how can i retrieve the values from an existing file DSN? because before changing i shoudl know whether a change is required or not..
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>>i thk crystal erport works with DSn only and not without that
Which version? I use CR7 (with VB6) with .ttx (I send ADO recordsets) and also CR.Net (with VB.Net 2003) with strongly typed-datasets. All this without having CR to connect itself to a database. All the data is provided by my applications.
>> because before changing i shoudl know whether a change is required or not..
It is so quick that you replace it without checking. It would take longer to check!
Which version? I use CR7 (with VB6) with .ttx (I send ADO recordsets) and also CR.Net (with VB.Net 2003) with strongly typed-datasets. All this without having CR to connect itself to a database. All the data is provided by my applications.
>> because before changing i shoudl know whether a change is required or not..
It is so quick that you replace it without checking. It would take longer to check!
IF your using an ODBC connection with your DNS name, you can just change a value in the registry on the machine to achive your results. query the registry for the DNS you require and if it is not correct, change it to the appropriate value. I use this to change from an MS Access to an SQL server connection and use the same report with both version in a CR viewer in a VB project.
actually i am using file dsn...is that stored in registry??? What i have heard is that file dsn can be copied directly from one system to another and they are machine independent. in that case no value should be stored in dsn!
also if i change any detail in file dsn using a notepad do i need to update anything in registry.
also if i change any detail in file dsn using a notepad do i need to update anything in registry.
Yes it is. You can create seperate registry key and store them as .reg file. as you need them you import them to the registry and have your report use the same key to different datasources.
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