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I have not used DBASE format tables for some time but I would set up an ODBC connection (from control panel) using a suitable dbase driver and then use Microsoft's ADO (Active X Data Objects - 2.7 is the latest I think) technology to access the dbase format tables. ADO is not that much different...

Try displaying the form modally.

When spawning the mdac_typ exe , pass it the /Q option - this will perform a silent installation. This is what the VB P&D wizard does. MDAC_TYP /? will show you all of the available options. HTH.

To unregister the dll type:- regsvr32 filepath\<dllname.dll> /U from the DOS prompt.

To unregister the dll type:- unregsvr32 filepath\<dllname.dll> /U from the DOS prompt.

I have had similiar problems in the past and found it can occurr in 1 of two situations:- 1. The recordset field has been set to the value of a variable that is of the incorrect type i.e. the database table column is a numeric and the variable assigned to the recordset is a numeric. 2. As the...

I have done exactly this when developing my applications to support multilang language. You can do basic testing on things like decimal points etc. by changing the regional and keyboard settings to the appropriate language - but I do suggest testing on a proper version of the foreign language...

The implode.dll is used by the Crystal report run time engine and must be a dependency that is part of your Package and deployment wizard. Thus check that implode.dll is in the setup.lst file (along with crpe32.dll and crystl32.ocx). The error that occurs on some machines may be due to the fact...

I think the threading model should be set to apartment thread by default, unless you include any OCX's etc. that will only run in single thread mode, in which case the threading model will change to single when you try to compile the dll. To change the theading model, open the DLL project and...

Hi There - yes it is possible and in a number of different ways. In the past I have used FTP (File Transfer protocol) to send the file to the unix box from the NT box. Another mechanism is to use some third party software on the NT box that allows you to map the Unix machine directories to NT...

Great thanks for your help.

Hi There - just a quick query with regards to the distribution of stored procedures within Oracle 8. I have checked the documentation and can only seem to find the exp utility that does what I require. I have developed some stored procedures and also a package that I wish to send out to clients...

Great thanks very much for that - I must admit to seeing a section in a book called REF CURSORS but overlooking it somewhat - DOH !!

Hi There - I wonder if anyone could help me with a query that I have with using PL/SQL cursors in a stored procedure. I am trying to remove SQL code from a VB program and put it into stored procedures and I am having a problem when using a parameter to the stored procedure, within the cursor...

No you do not need the Enterprise edition insatlled on other computers that you distribute to. You will of course require the Oracle client side software installed however. The Enterprise edition just contains more tools for managing multiple Oracle databses and such like. Hope this helps