Ever needed to create a Microsoft Access Datasource Name (DSN) on the fly from inside your code? We certainly have!

This incredibly useful little Delphi component allows you to create, modify and delete DSNs at runtime from a Delphi application (32 bit only).Why would you want to do this?

Quite often we (as developers at GWAcc) find ourselves having to climb into the control panel and muck around inside the ODBC32 applet. It gets annoying, especially if you have to do it several times in a row, even more so when it means having to switch between changing user names, passwords, paths, exclusivity... you get the idea!

This component will be particularly useful to you if you're using ADO in any of your projects This control allows you to change all the properties of the Microsoft Access DSN types, in a single movement.

Simply set a couple of properties, add ONE line of code to your application, and you can Add, Reconfigure and Remove MS Access DSNs in a flash!

We're proud to announce we have also just released an ActiveX version of the component which will allow you to add, configure and remove Access DSNs from your system using any other language/development environment that supports ActiveX controls. These include ASP, Borland Delphi, Visual Basic, Borland C++ Builder, Microsoft Visual C++ and many others.

Sample Delphi and Visual Basic demo programs for its use are included in the package. The control is completely standalone and doesn't require any dependency files or Visual Basic runtime libraries. The ActiveX component is included in all the packages along with the VCL version of the component, and is also available as a separate download available from here.

There are two versions of the ActiveX component, a registered version with no restrictions, and an unregistered version which will allow you to Add DSNs only (no modification or removal). The relevant versions of the ActiveX have been included in the appropriate Delphi VCL files available for download.

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