ADO is a COM automation interface component that can be used with many programming languages, including Microsoft Visual Basic, VBScript, JScript, Visual C++, and Visual J++. A version of ADO is installed with each of these tools and other applications, such as Microsoft® Office® and Microsoft SQL Server. The most recent version of ADO is available separately with the Microsoft Data Access Components. See the Microsoft Data Access Web site for more information.
The library for ADO is msado15.dll and the program ID (ProgID) prefix is "ADODB." For example, to explicitly refer to an ADO Recordset, use ADODB.Recordset.
For more information about programming with ADO in various development environments, see the following topics: