Installation and Configuration of the DP4 ODBC Drivers

Prerequisites

Before you can install and use the DP4 ODBC Drivers, you require:

• An operational DP4 for Windows 3.x or for Windows 9x/NT installation. If this is not available, refer to the DP4 installation guide for Windows for help on installing DP4 for your environment.
• The Microsoft ODBC driver manager.

ODBC Driver Components

The DP4 CD ROM contains the separate 16-bit and 32-bit versions of the product:

We no longer test the 16 bit version of our ODBC drivers. On Windows 9x/NT/2000 you must install and use the 32 bit drivers (and hence the 32 bit version of DP4).

How to Install, Configure, and Use the DP4 ODBC Drivers

• Installation

  You can install the files required for access via ODBC to DP4 databases by installing the version of the "ODBC Drivers" product appropriate to your DP4 installation from the DP4 CD-ROM. To install manually:

  1. Copy the required files as detailed above from the DP4 CD-ROM into an appropriate directory - that used for the other DP4 programs is recommended

  2. Run (from the start menu or a command prompt) the DP4 ODBC installation program as follows:INSTUTIL -ODBC
     INSTUTIL takes a few moments to add the appropriate entries to describe the DP4 ODBC driver to the Windows registry and or/the ODBCINST.INI configuration file. (You will know this has been succesful if the DP4 driver is listed in the Control Panel's list of ODBC drivers). You may need to specify the full pathname for the instutil program.

• Configuration

  Once you have installed the DP4 ODBC drivers you need to add ODBC data sources for the DP4 databases that you plan to access via ODBC. See Adding ODBC Data Sources for more information.

• Using ODBC

  Once you have installed the drivers and set up your ODBC data sources you will be able to access your DP4 databases via the ODBC interface. See Using the ODBC Interface for details of how to do this.