ISAM Settings and Jet 3.0

Last reviewed: April 3, 1997
Article ID: Q149783

4.00    | 4.00

WINDOWS | WINDOWS NT kbusage kbhowto

The information in this article applies to:

Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0

SUMMARY

With the 16-bit version of Visual Basic 4.0, the IniPath property of the DBEngine object could be set to an application's .ini file. With the 32-bit Jet engine, setting the IniPath property of the DBEngine object to "C:\Windows\MyApp.INI" does not load the Paradox ISAM settings.

STATUS

This behavior is by design. The 32-bit Jet engine retrieves its settings from the registry.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

To use the ISAM settings with the 16-bit Jet engine, place the following code in the Load Event for the project:
DBEngine.IniPath = "C:\Windows\MyApp.INI"

where the following appears in the MyApp.INI file:

   [Paradox ISAM]
   ParadoxNetStyle=4.X
   ParadoxNetPath=F:\
   ParadoxUserName=JoeUser

To place the Paradox ISAM settings into the Registry under "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings", use the following code:

SaveSetting "AppName", "Engines\Paradox", "ParadoxNetStyle", "4.X" SaveSetting "AppName", "Engines\Paradox", "ParadoxNetPath", "F:\" SaveSetting "AppName", "Engines\Paradox", "ParadoxUserName", _ "JoeUser"

To obtain the ISAM settings from the Registry, place the following code in the Load Event:

DBEngine.IniPath = _

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\AppName"

Additional reference words: 4.00 vb4win vb432
KBCategory: kbusage kbhowto
KBSubcategory: APrgIni APrgDataIISAM
Keywords : APrgDataIISAM APrgINI kbhowto kbusage
Version : 4.00 | 4.00
Platform : NT WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 3, 1997
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