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Q162962: ODE97: New Features in MS Office 97 Developer Edition Tools

Article: Q162962
Product(s): Microsoft Access Distribution Kit
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Last Modified: 24-JUN-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition 
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Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

SUMMARY
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This article describes the new features of the Microsoft Office 97 Developer
Edition Tools (ODE Tools) compared to its predecessor, Microsoft Access
Developer's Toolkit, version 7.0 (ADT 7.0).

For a list of features included with Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit,
version 7.0, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q136130 ADT95: Overview of MS Access Developer's Toolkit (ADT)

MORE INFORMATION
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ODE Tools offer the following new features compared with ADT 7.0:

Setup Wizard
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- A new Tips button on the initial screen of the Setup Wizard helps you avoid
  common problems and mistakes creating setup images with the Wizard.

- The ODE Tools Setup Wizard supports the use of dependency files (.dep), which
  makes it easier to redistribute ActiveX controls by automatically including
  required ActiveX support files with your application.

New ActiveX Controls
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- The Animation control allows you to create buttons on your forms that display
  animation (.avi files).

- The Winsock control provides access to Transfer Control Protocol (TCP) and
  User Datagram Protocol (UDP) to allow you to stream data between two
  computers using TCP/IP protocol.

- The Internet Transfer control provides access to HTTP and FTP Internet
  protocols so you can connect to World Wide Web servers to retrieve HTML
  documents and upload or download files on FTP servers.

NOTE: The Data Outline control is not included with Microsoft Office 97 Developer
Edition Tools; however, an updated control for Microsoft Access 97 is available
free from the Microsoft Download Center. For information about obtaining the
updated Data Outline control, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q162359 ACC97: Access 97 Data Outline ActiveX Control Available in Download
  Center

Replication Manager
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- The ODE Tools Replication Manager allows synchronization via the Internet or
  an intranet.

- You can use Synchronizers (formerly Transporters) to synchronize replicated
  databases directly if both replicas to be synchronized can be opened at the
  same time. Using a Synchronizer to manage a network dropbox folder for
  indirect synchronization is still an option.

- Improved user interface allows you to view any replicated database in the
  Synchronization window. You can also see the status and history of replicas
  managed by other Synchronizers or replicas that are not managed by any
  Synchronizer.

Source Code Control
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- ODE Tools supports the use of version control (also known as source code
  control) software, such as Microsoft Visual SourceSafe version 5.0. Version
  control software gives developers the ability to track and maintain changes
  within their source code, and is often used on projects where multiple
  programmers work on source code simultaneously.

Other New Features
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- The Microsoft ODE Tools Sampler contains technical information and code
  samples from the Microsoft Developer Network.

- The Replication Manager White Paper discusses how to create and manage
  replicated databases.

- The Source Code Control White Paper provides an overview of the source code
  control component of ODE Tools.

- Improved Help Workshop for creating custom Help files for your application.

- Microsoft Office 97 Visual Basic Programmer's Guide and Building Applications
  with Microsoft Access 97 user manuals.

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbOfficeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbOffice97Search kbOffice97 kbOffice97DevSearch
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Hardware          : x86

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