Release Notes
Microsoft® Visual FoxPro(R) ODBC Driver Version 6.0
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(c) 1998 Microsoft Corporation
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1. Installation Notes
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1.1 System Requirements
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To install the Microsoft Visual FoxPro ODBC driver, you need:
* Microsoft Windows NT(R) 3.51 (or later; Service Pack 5, recommended)
or Microsoft Windows 95 (or later).
* 2 MB disk space.
Important: Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver 1.0 is a 32-bit driver only. Microsoft Win
dows 3.1 and Microsoft Windows for Workgroups platforms are not supported.
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2. Supported Areas
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The following section describes areas of particular support by the Visual FoxPro
ODBC driver.
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3. Unsupported Areas
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* Refresh is not supported in rules and triggers.
* The Help file describes the supported commands and functions and lists the uns
upported commands and functions. Any command or function not listed in the Help
file is not supported.
* Parameterized views work in a trigger only if the parameter has been assigned
a value before the view is opened. Interactive input of a parameter value is not
allowed in ODBC.
* Remote views to other ODBC data sources are not supported by the Visual FoxPro
ODBC driver; however, local views (non-parameterized) are fully supported.
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4. Known Issues
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* If you insert, delete, or update a Visual FoxPro table via the Visual FoxPro O
DBC Driver, you might get a "Trigger Failed" message. Check for unsupported comm
ands in the trigger.
* INDEX ON is not supported in this release.
* If a table is opened exclusively and the same table is accessed by another use
r with SET EXCLUSIVE OFF, the error "Option Value Changed" is returned by Visual
FoxPro ODBC Driver instead of "File is in use by another."
* MSQuery returns a "Cannot Open File" error when creating a table with a field
name that starts with a number. For example, the field name "1995 Sales" is not
allowed. Visual FoxPro does not allow the creation of field names that begin wit
h a number, but MSQuery does.
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5. Troubleshooting
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If you have trouble installing the driver, try the following and then try to rei
nstall again:
1. Clean-boot the machine. For example, under Windows 95, start in Safe Mode.
2. Close all other applications, including virus software, third-party shells, o
r toolbars such as Microsoft Office Manager.
3. If the computer has video or system ROM shadowing, disable these options befo
re reinstalling.
4. Check that the .EXE file is not corrupted.
If you are still having problems:
* Make sure that you are running on a clean configuration when testing issues.
* Use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator control panel Tracing tab to
help determine the cause of problems.
* Check to see if the latest build of the driver is installed. To view the versi
on:
1. In the ODBC Data Source Administrator Control Panel, double-click the 32bit O
DBC icon.
2. Click the ODBC Drivers tab.
* You can generate an ODBC Trace Log by using the ODBC Data Source Administrator
Control Panel:
1. In the Control Panel, double-click the 32bit ODBC icon.
2. Select the Tracing tab.
3. Specify a When to trace option.
4. Specify a log file name.
5. Click Start Tracing Now.
Now, when you execute your code, all the C ODBC API calls, their input parameter
s, and their output are written to the log file. The ODBC log file is ASCII text
that you can view in any standard ASCII text editor such as Microsoft Word, Not
epad, or WordPad. Occasionally, it might be necessary to include the trace log i
n a bug report. Since the ODBC trace log can be lengthy, copy only the last 4 or
5 function calls and paste them into a separate document before sending the bug
report.
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6. Books
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Microsoft ODBC 2.0 Programmer's Reference and SDK Guide (ISBN#: 1-55615-658-8 fr
om Microsoft Press(R)) provides basic reference information.
Inside ODBC (ISBN#: 1-55615-815-7 from Microsoft Press) provides a good backgrou
nd on the development of the ODBC specifications and a CD with ODBC code example
s.
Database Developer's Guide with Visual C++ (ISBN#: 0-672-30613-1 from Sams Publi
shing) has several good C++ examples that use the ODBC API.
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