Hi Guys,
Well im a newb at vb.net and im trying to access me dBase III database during design time using the Connection wizards thingy. Well it isnt working so well. I would like to use the Jet driver and i know i can becuase i have code that uses the jet provider to access the database during runtime ( code ). However i would really like to be able to set the connection up at design time.
So far what i do is click on the server explorer, and add a new connection to database. I choose the Jet 4.0 driver then click next, for the database name i enter the path to where the database is located BUT i DONOT enter the database name. I then goto the all tab and under "extended properties" type dbase III. This somewhat works, as when i click test connection it says everything is ok, but when i click OK, no component is created nor i can i browse my tables with the server explorer like i can with a access database. It seems like its not working!
Thanks for your help.
P.S. So far VB.net is much harder then vb6, with vb6s datacontrol it was very simple, and even the Microsoft ADO control was extremely simple to use.
Well im a newb at vb.net and im trying to access me dBase III database during design time using the Connection wizards thingy. Well it isnt working so well. I would like to use the Jet driver and i know i can becuase i have code that uses the jet provider to access the database during runtime ( code ). However i would really like to be able to set the connection up at design time.
So far what i do is click on the server explorer, and add a new connection to database. I choose the Jet 4.0 driver then click next, for the database name i enter the path to where the database is located BUT i DONOT enter the database name. I then goto the all tab and under "extended properties" type dbase III. This somewhat works, as when i click test connection it says everything is ok, but when i click OK, no component is created nor i can i browse my tables with the server explorer like i can with a access database. It seems like its not working!
Thanks for your help.
P.S. So far VB.net is much harder then vb6, with vb6s datacontrol it was very simple, and even the Microsoft ADO control was extremely simple to use.
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