On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:55:44 -0500, Bill Downall wrote: >It is also apparently not a Borland Database Engine issue. The BDE is >installed by RBG7 in order to allow the Gateway/Import/Export process to >work with DBF and Paradox formats. But I did a test uninstall/install of >RBG7 with a custom choice to NOT install BDE, and still had exactly the >same problem.
I just spent some time working with RBTI Tech Support to try to isolate this problem. We installed RBG7 numerous times in different ways, until we found exactly what it was the left the ODBC Adminstrator unable to display new datasources. RBTI will work on a new installer, but in the meantime, a workaround is detailed below. Here's what we determined: The Sample Database ConComp, which, if installed, is also set up as an ODBC data source named RBG7ConComp using the RBG7 driver, is the culprit. Everything else can be installed without making this problem appear. (ODBC, Sample bitmaps, Sample icons, Sample Database RRBYW, Conversion tools, Technical documents, and Borland Database Engine.) Do not do the following steps unless you have this problem. To repair an installation where you ... a) have installed R:Base 7.0 and b) cannot add new System DSN names to the ODBC Data Source Administrator and see those new DSN's appear in the list ... follow these steps: 1) copy the folder containing the ConComp sample database and application to another hard drive. By default, this installed folder is: c:\RBTI\RBG7\Samples\Database\ConComp 2) Run Setup.EXE on your R:Base 7.0 Installer CD (or let the CD "AutoPlay"). 3) At the screen labeled "Program Maintenance," push the "Modify" radio button, then click on the "Next" pushbutton. 4) On the "Custom Setup" dialog screen, click the plus sign [+] to the left of the icon labeled "Samples" 5) Click the plus sign [+] to the left of the "Databases" icon. 6) Click the triangle on the icon for the "ConComp" database 7) Choose "X This feature will not be available." 8) Click the "Next" pushbutton at the bottom. 9) Click the "Install" button. 10) Click the "Finish" button. Your ODBC Data Source Administrator panel should now show you new data sources as they are added. 11) Copy your backup of the folder of the ConComp database and application, made in step 1, back to the RBTI\RBG7\Samples\Databases\ folder You can explore the sample database and application, but it will no longer be available as an ODBC System Data Source named RBG7ConComp Bill
