ODBC: Configuring an ODBC Data Source
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To use a data source with an application you’ve developed, you must use ODBC Administrator to configure it. ODBC Administrator keeps track of available data sources and their connection information in the Windows registry. Use ODBC Administrator to add, modify, and delete data sources in the Data Sources dialog box, and to add and delete ODBC drivers.
****Note ****This information applies when you use MFC Data Access Object (DAO) classes for ODBC access as well as when you use MFC ODBC classes.
ODBC Administrator is automatically installed with the Microsoft Foundation Class Library database support. For more information about the ODBC Administrator program, see the article ODBC Administrator and the online ODBC API Reference help system.
describes how to write ODBC Setup and Administration programs for MFC database applications.