Connect Property Example

This code shows how to set the Connect property at design time:

<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:BD96C556-65A3-11D0-983A-00C04FC29E33" ID="ADC1">
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   <PARAM NAME="SQL" VALUE="Select * from Sales">
   <PARAM NAME="Connect" VALUE="DSN=pubs;UID=sa;PWD=;">
   <PARAM NAME="Server" VALUE="http://MyWebServer">
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</OBJECT>

The following example shows how to set the Connect property at run time in VBScript code.

To test this example, cut and paste this code between the <Body></Body> tags in a normal HTML document and name it ADCapi3.asp. ASP script will identify your server.

<Center><H2>RDS API Code Examples </H2>
<HR>
<H3>Set Connect Property at Run Time</H3>
<!-- RDS.DataControl with no parameters set at design time -->
<OBJECT classid="clsid:BD96C556-65A3-11D0-983A-00C04FC29E33"
   ID=ADC>
   </OBJECT>
<Object classid="clsid:AC05DC80-7DF1-11d0-839E-00A024A94B3A"
   CODEBASE="http://<%=Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")%>/MSADC/Samples/Sheridan.cab"
   ID=GRID1 
      datasrc=#ADC
      HEIGHT=125 
      WIDTH=495>
   <PARAM NAME="AllowAddNew" VALUE="TRUE">
   <PARAM NAME="AllowDelete" VALUE="TRUE">
   <PARAM NAME="AllowUpdate" VALUE="TRUE">
   <PARAM NAME="Caption" VALUE="Remote Data Service Connect Property at Run Time">
</OBJECT>
<HR>
<Input Size=70 Name="txtServer" Value="http://<%=Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")%>"><BR>
<Input Size=70 Name="txtConnect"><BR>
<Input Size=70 Name="txtSQL" Value="Select * from Employee">
<HR>
<INPUT TYPE=BUTTON NAME="Run" VALUE="Run"><BR>
<H4>To Fill Grid enter Connect String in middle text box<BR>
Try dsn=ADCDemo;UID=ADCDemo;PWD=ADCDemo;</H4>
</Center>
<Script Language="VBScript">
<!--
' Set parameters of RDS.DataControl at Run Time
Sub Run_OnClick
   ADC.Server = txtServer.Value
   ADC.SQL = txtSQL.Value
   ADC.Connect = txtConnect.Value
   ADC.Refresh
End Sub
-->
</Script>