FILE: Btr200.exe Updates Btrieve Driver File

ID: Q119739

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

Btr200.exe is a 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

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 : 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:

Q116383 : Unexpected Error from External Database Driver [7]

Keywords : kberrmsg kbfile kbGrpVBDB vbwin
Version : WINDOWS:3.0
Platform : WINDOWS
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