ODBC Resources View

One of the more complex areas of system configuration involves setting up ODBC drivers, data source names (DSNs), and translators. The ODBC resource must be properly registered on the system with all of the required attributes and, in the case of drivers and translators, install the necessary files, including any setup DLL. This process is greatly simplified in the ODBC Resources view, in which you can simply check off the drivers, data sources, and translators installed on your development system.

All of the ODBC drivers, data source names (DSNs), and translators registered on your system are displayed in the ODBC Resource view. DSNs are shown as children of their associated driver. Expand the tree to view all of the existing ODBC resources. Like most of the data in your setup project, ODBC resources must be associated with a feature. Then, when that feature is installed, the ODBC resource is installed as a part of the overall feature.

Tip:The ODBC Resources view is exclusively for installing ODBC-related resources. To install the core ODBC files, select the MDAC merge module in the Redistributables view.