Re: Opening an Access database in Delphi

"Jeremy Collins" <jd.collins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:53:38 +0100, Dave <im@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The subject is a tad vague/misleading. My question is, are there any
>> DLLs or other files that need to be installed with my Delphi 6 app
>> in order to open and work with a Microsoft Access 2000 database, or
>> are all the necessary files included with Windows?
>>
>> I'm thinking of switching a freeware program I've written from using
>> a flat file for data storage to Access, but I want to avoid having
>> to figure out which DLLs, etc. that I'd need to include with it.
>
> The target system needs ADO installed (or MDAC, depending on what you
> want to call it). All Windows systems since Win2K have this already, but
> you can download the client-side setup from
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/mdac/downloads/default.aspx
>
> If your application uses Access tables, then the client machine also
> needs the Jet (Access database) engine files, which are no longer
> included with the MDAC setup. The Jet redistributable can be found on
> the same page.
>
> DO NOT create a setup for your application that also automatically
> installs this stuff. Provide an FAQ or handle the error and give
> the user a link to download MDAC and Jet for themselves.


Thanks for the responses everyone. I'll probably go with a different
solution, like DBISAM.

- Dave


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