OdbcTestX ActiveX Component 
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The ODBCTESTX ActiveX component allows you to perform simple 
ODBC related functions from a program without having to 
include the Microsoft DAO interface (large and full of 
features you may not need) or having to code direct calls to 
the ODBC API (complex and error-prone). The component only 
runs under 32-bit Windows (NT or Win95). The component 
allows you to: 

    
*   Get a list of available ODBC data sources 
    
*   Get a list of available tables in a data source 
    
*   Get a list of available columns in a table 
    
*   Issue SQL commands 
    
*   Get unedited ODBC error messages 
    
*   Examine the rows and columns in the result sets from 
    SELECT statements 
    
*   Read selected rows one at a time and copy the data into 
    string variables 
    
*   Dynamically change translate tables for text variables 
    
*   Use Commit and Rollback 
    

 However, You should not use the ODBCTESTX component if you 
plan to: 

    
*   Use Cursors 
    
*   Use Host variables 
    
*   Use specialized or very long data types 
    
*   Use data-bound controls 
    
*   Use special ODBC features 
    

The ODBCTESTX ActiveX component can be called from any 
language that supports ActiveX. This includes Visual C++ and 
Visual Basic, Delphi, HTML script languages, Internet pages, 
Java and Centura Team Developer, but many others should work 
as well. Please note that: 

    
*   The ODBCTESTX ActiveX component is freeware. You can use 
    it freely, but you are not allowed to charge other users 
    anything for using it. If you use it in your 
    applications you must include a reference to the 
    component and to the author in the About Box and in the 
    documentation associated with your program. 
    
*   The ODBCTESTX ActiveX component is copyrighted by ISS 
    Data, Rentemestervej 60-62, DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, 
    Denmark, in 1997. 
    
*   Jorgen Grosbol at ISS Data wrote the ODBCTESTX ActiveX 
    component. You can e-mail the author at 
    jorgengros@cybernet.dk. 
    
*   Neither ISS Data nor the author can accept any 
    responsibility for the direct or indirect results of 
    using the ODBCTESTX ActiveX component. So if you use it 
    and anything happens it is your problem, not ours. We 
    really do think the component works and does what it is 
    supposed to, but take a hint: test it before committing 
    to using it in your applications. 
    

Installing the component 
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Execute the Install.exe file. It installs the component into 
your Windows system directory and correctly updates your 
registry. The installation process allows you to choose an 
install directory where the documentation and some Visual 
Basic sample programs are placed. If you do not have Visual 
Basic installed on your system you should choose the minimal 
installation option to avoid having the VB samples copied to 
your disk. 

You can uninstall the component by entering Add/Remove 
programs icon in the Control Panel, choosing the component 
and clicking Add/remove. 
