MDAC 2.5 SDK - Technical Articles

In the File version resource description column below, two values have special meanings:
| File name | Description | File version resource description | Redistributable | 
| adoapt15.reg | Apartment-threading registry entries | (N/A) | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| adofre15.reg | Free-threading registry entries | (N/A) | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| adoid.h | Internal header file | (N/A) | MDAC 1.x | 
| adoint.h | Internal header file for calling ADO from C++ | (N/A) | MDAC 1.x | 
| adojavas.inc | Include file for JavaScript | (N/A) | MDAC 1.x/2.0/2.1 | 
| adoreadme.txt | Release notes | (N/A) | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| adovbs.inc | Include file for VBScript | (N/A) | MDAC 1.x/2.0/2.1 | 
| makapt15.bat | Batch file for apartment threading | (N/A) | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| makfre15.bat | Batch file for free threading | (N/A) | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msader10.dll | ADO error string library | Microsoft ADO Error Lookup Service | MDAC 1.x | 
| msader15.dll | ADO error string library | Microsoft ADO Error Resource | MDAC 1.x/2.0/2.1 | 
| msado10.cnt | Help contents file for ADO | (N/A) | MDAC 1.x | 
| msado10.dll | ADO library | Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects Library | MDAC 1.x | 
| msado10.hlp | Help file for ADO | (N/A) | MDAC 1.x | 
| msado15.dll | ADO library | Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects Library | MDAC 1.x/2.0/2.1 | 
| msador10.dll | ADO Recordset-only implementation | Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects Recordset Library | MDAC 1.x | 
| msador15.dll | ADO Recordset object | Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects Library | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msadrh15.dll | Rowset helper DLL | Microsoft ADO Rowset Helper Library | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| File name | Description | File version resource description | Redistributable | 
| msadox.dll | Microsoft ADO Extensions Library | Microsoft ADO Extensions Library | MDAC 2.1 | 
Note RDS was previously known as ADO Recordset Implementation (ADO/R) and as Advanced Data Connector (ADC).
| File name | Description | File version resource description | Redistributable | 
| adcjavas.inc | JavaScript include file for RDS/ADC | (N/A) | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| adcvbs.inc | VBScript include file for RDS/ADC | (N/A) | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| handler.reg | Register and include file for the DataFactory handler core | (N/A) | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| handsafe.reg | Handler settings for safe mode/restricted access | (N/A) | MDAC 2.1 | 
| handunsf.reg | Handler settings for unrestricted access | (N/A) | MDAC 2.1 | 
| mdac11.cab | RDS 1.1 client cab | (N/A) | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msadc10.exe | Server setup program | Microsoft Active Data Connector OLE DB Provider | MDAC 1.x | 
| msadcb10.dll | Microsoft Advanced Data Connector Bindmanager | Microsoft Advanced Data Connector Bindmanager | MDAC 1.x | 
| msadcb11.dll | Microsoft Advanced Data Connector Bindmanager | Microsoft Advanced Data Connector Bindmanager | MDAC 1.x | 
| msadcc10.dll | Microsoft Advanced Data Connector Wrapping Control | Microsoft Advanced Data Connector Wrapping Control | MDAC 1.x | 
| msadcc11.dll | Microsoft Advanced Data Connector Wrapping Control | Microsoft Advanced Data Connector Wrapping Control | MDAC 1.x | 
| msadce.dll | RDS client-side cursor engine | Microsoft Remote Data Services 2.0 | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msadcer.dll | RDS client-side cursor engine resource library | Microsoft Remote Data Services 2.0 Resource DLL | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msadcf.dll | RDS DataFactory object | Microsoft Remote Data Services Data Factory | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msadcf10.dll | Microsoft Advanced Data Factory | Microsoft Advanced Data Factory | MDAC 1.x | 
| msadcfr.dll | RDS DataFactory object resource library | Microsoft Remote Data Services Data Factory Resources | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msadco.dll | RDS data binding HTML control | Microsoft Remote Data Services Data Control | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msadco10.dll | Microsoft Active Data Connector OLE DB Provider | Microsoft Active Data Connector OLE DB Provider | MDAC 1.x | 
| msadcor.dll | RDS data binding HTML control resource library | Microsoft Remote Data Services Data Control Resources | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msadcs.dll | RDS ISAPI library | Microsoft Remote Data Services Server ISAPI Component | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msadcs10.dll | Microsoft Advanced Data Connector Serverside | Microsoft Advanced Data Connector Serverside | MDAC 1.x | 
| msadds.dll | Shape Provider (hierarchical rowsets) | Microsoft Data Shape OLE DB Provider 2.0 | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msaddsr.dll | Shape Provider resource library | Microsoft Data Shape OLE DB Provider 2.0 Resource DLL | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msadrs10.dll | Microsoft ActiveX Data Recordset Library | Microsoft ActiveX Data Recordset Library | MDAC 1.x | 
| msdaprsr.dll | RDS proxies/stubs resource library | Microsoft Persistence OLE DB Provider 2.0 Resource DLL | MDAC 2.1 | 
| msdaprst.dll | RDS proxies/stubs library | Microsoft Persistence OLE DB Provider 2.0 | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msdatsrc.tlb | RDS data binding type library | Microsoft Data Source Interfaces | MDAC 2.1 | 
| msdfmap.dll | DataFactory handler core | Microsoft Data Factory Handler | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msdfmap.ini | Initializes the DataFactory handler core | (N/A) | MDAC 2.0/2.1 | 
| msjtes40.dll | Jet expression service | Microsoft Jet Expression Service | MDAC 2.1 | 
| readme.txt | Product description and contents for ADC | (N/A) | MDAC 1.x | 
| File name | Description | File version resource description | Redistributable | 
| msadomd.dll | Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (Multidimensional) Library | Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (Multidimensional) Library | Not redistributable |