On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Jeff Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
>>  Okay, I found VFP ODBC drivers and installed them.  Now it works with
> the below connection string with one slight problem
>
>     lnsqlhandle = SQLSTRINGCONNECT([Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;
> Data Source="Excel.dsn"; DBQ=] + lcspreadsheet + [; Extended
> Properties="Excel 8.0; HDR=YES";])
>
> The Data Source must be incorrect because a window pops up and says select
> data source.  I select Excel.dsn and it works.
>
> <rant>I can't believe the amount of time spent getting things to work on
> Windows 8 that worked fine on Windows 7!  ODBC, Remote Desktop, simple
> network connections.  Sheesh!</rant>
>
>
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http://www.connectionstrings.com/excel/  for all the information on how to
work with connectionstrings & excel





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