PRB: No Tables Listed in RecordSource of Data ControlLast reviewed: February 5, 1997Article ID: Q118647 |
The information in this article applies to:
SYMPTOMSIn Windows version 3.x, the data control may fail to properly bring up a list of available tables for the RecordSource property even if the proper path and database name are specified in the DatabaseName property of the data control.
CAUSEThis problem may be caused by not loading the SHARE.EXE file before you run Visual Basic.
RESOLUTIONThere are two ways to add the file-sharing capability to Windows version 3.x:
~ Ww1000.exe (size: 22455 bytes)For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q119591 TITLE : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services STATUSThis behavior is by design. NOTE: SHARE.EXE is required for data access in both the Standard and Professional editions of Visual Basic for Windows, version 3.0; the README.TXT file is not explicit that SHARE.EXE is required by the data control.
MORE INFORMATIONSHARE or VSHARE is required by the Microsoft Access Jet database engine. Microsoft Access needs to share in order to create some temporary files that it uses when accessing database tables.
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