FILE: BTR200.EXE: Updated Btrieve Driver File

 Last reviewed: January 18, 1998
Article ID: Q119739
The information in this article applies to:

- Professional Edition of Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows, 

  version 3.0

SUMMARY

BTR200.EXE is a self-extracting compressed file containing an updated Btrieve ISAM driver that fixes a bug. The bug displays the following error message when working with an attached Btrieve table: 

   "Error 3275: "Unexpected error from external database driver ()"

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library: 

 ~ Btr200.exe (size: 73791 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
The bug mentioned above can cause a query based on a Microsoft Access version 2.0 database with an attached Btrieve table to not return any records. The query works correctly on Microsoft Access version 1.x databases.

The problems stated above are caused by a bug in the BTRV200.DLL Btrieve ISAM driver that is installed by the Microsoft Jet 2.0/Visual Basic 3.0 Compatibility Layer.

If you are using Microsoft Access version 2.0, please refer to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base, which has instructions for installing the updated BTRV200.DLL driver on both network and standalone installations of Microsoft Access version 2.0: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q116383
   TITLE:      Unexpected Error from External Database Driver [7]

Keywords          : vbwin kberrmsg
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbfile

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Last reviewed: January 18, 1998
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