Subject Re: ODBC & Crystal
From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net>
Date Sun, 16 Feb 2025 20:52:34 -0800
Newsgroups dbase.getting-started

On 2/16/2025 4:21 PM, Louis James wrote:
> Apologies for such a basic question but memory fails me.
>
> Shouldn't there be an ODBC driver for dbf files?  I'm trying to use/create some Crystal Reports that will access DBF files.  In the past, I would create an ODBC connection.  Also I believe I would use BDE to create the connection.
>
> But regrettably, memory fails me.  I would be grateful for any push in the right direction.

I don't think Crystal Reports from Visual dBASE 5.5 used an ODBC driver,
it talked directly with the BDE. There is no ODBC driver for DBF files
that I am aware of ...

Ken

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