PRB: No Tables Listed in RecordSource of Data Control (118647)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 3.0
This article was previously published under Q118647 SYMPTOMS In Windows version 3.x, the data control may fail to
properly bring up a list of available tables for the RecordSource property even
if the proper path and database name are specified in the DatabaseName property
of the data control. CAUSE This problem may be caused by not loading the SHARE.EXE
file before you run Visual Basic. RESOLUTION There are two ways to add the file-sharing capability to
Windows version 3.x: - If you are running Microsoft Windows 3.0 or Windows 3.1
(that is, not Windows for Workgroups), you need to change your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file to read as follows: If SHARE is already in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, it must include
the L and F switches. If the /L or the /F setting for SHARE has a larger value
than listed here, leave the setting as it is rather than reducing it.
- Download VSHARE.386 and install it on your system.
VSHARE.386 is compressed under the filename WW1000.EXE.
The
following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download
Center: For
additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
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STATUS This behavior is by design.
NOTE: SHARE.EXE is
required for data access in both the Standard and Professional editions of
Visual Basic for Windows, version 3.0; the README.TXT file is not explicit that
SHARE.EXE is required by the data control. MORE INFORMATION SHARE or VSHARE is required by the Microsoft Access Jet
database engine. Microsoft Access needs to share in order to create some
temporary files that it uses when accessing database tables.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/9/2004 |
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