DOC: Visual Basic Does Not Allow You to Build OLE DB Providers (196956)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0 SP3
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0 SP4
  • Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5
  • Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 SP1
  • Microsoft Data Access Components 2.6
  • Microsoft Data Access Components 2.7
This article was previously published under Q196956

SUMMARY

The Visual Basic 6.0 documentation incorrectly states that Visual Basic 6.0 can build an OLE DB provider.

MORE INFORMATION

While Visual Basic 6.0 does not allow you to build an OLE DB provider, it does ship with libraries that allow you to build components that implement an OLE DB Simple Provider. You could create such a component to interact with text files or custom file formats. The AXData project group sample demonstrates how to build such a component.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/24/2004
Keywords:kbdocfix kbpending KB196956
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