This incredibly useful little Delphi component allows you to create, modify and delete XBase DSNs at runtime from a Delphi application (32 bit only).

XBase covers a wide range of database file formats, including dBase, FoxPro for DOS, Clipper DOS or other dBase compatible files. 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. It allows you to change all the properties of the XBase 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 XBase DSNs in a flash!

More control(s) to do the same with SQL Server to follow, so watch this space!

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