INFO: ISAM Settings and Jet 3.0

ID: Q149783

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions, 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"

REFERENCES

For more information on Paradox Registry setting, please refer to the following book:

"Jet Database Engine Programmer's Guide" published by Microsoft Press.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbRegistry kbVBp kbVBp400 kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbGrpVBDB
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Platform : NT WINDOWS
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