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Q174969: DOC: Btrieve Driver Does Not Ship with VFP 5.0

Article: Q174969
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdocerr kbvfp
Last Modified: 10-AUG-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a 
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SUMMARY
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Page 5 of the Visual FoxPro 5.x Installation Guide & Master Index manual
lists the ODBC drivers that are supplied with Visual FoxPro. The listing of the
Btrieve driver is incorrect. Visual FoxPro does not supply a Btrieve ODBC
driver. This driver must be obtained from a third-party supplier.

MORE INFORMATION
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Below is the list of ODBC drivers from the Visual FoxPro Installation Guide
& Master Index manual:

- FoxPro version 2.x database files

- Visual FoxPro databases and free tables

- Microsoft Access database files

- Paradox[ASCII 174] version 3.x and 4.x tables

- dBASE III[ASCII 174] and dBASE IV[ASCII 174] files

- Btrieve[ASCII 174] tables

- SQL Server database files

- Microsoft Excel spreadsheets

- Fixed-width and delimited text files

- Oracle[ASCII 174] 7 database files

The Btrieve driver is not provided and should not be listed.

REFERENCES
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Visual FoxPro Installation Guide & Master Index, Page 5

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbdocerr kbvfp 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP500 kbVFP500a
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a

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