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	  Microsoft Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver Version 1.0 
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	  (C) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1996
	  
This file contains the following information:

1. Description of the Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver 
2. Tables That Can be Accessed by the Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver
3. System Requirements
4. How to Install the Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver

DESCRIPTION
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The VFPODBC.EXE file is the released version of the Visual FoxPro ODBC driver. The Visual FoxPro ODBC driver allows an ODBC-aware application, such as Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Visual Basic, or Word for Windows, to access data from the following types of tables:

FoxBASE+ and FoxPro Tables 
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The Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver gives you access to FoxBASE+, FoxPro 1.x, FoxPro 2.x, and Visual FoxPro 3.0 tables. It also provides access to tables that are associated with a Visual FoxPro database container (.dbc).   

NOTE: The Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver allows transactions only on tables within a Visual FoxPro database. You cannot create transactions on free tables.

dBASE(C) Tables
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The Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver gives you access to dBASE tables. The dBASE files are supported in the following manner:

* dBASE v2.x and 3.x: The files are read without conversion.
* dBASE v4.x and 5.x: If the files do not have memo fields, and tables have fewer than 255 columns, the files are read.
* dBASE v4.x and 5.x tables with memo fields or dBASE indexes: These files require conversion in Visual FoxPro for Windows before they can be used with the Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver. The driver itself will not read or convert these files. If you attempt to connect to a dBASE file that contains a memo field or index, an error will occur. 

System Requirements
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To install the Visual FoxPro ODBC driver, you need:

 * Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.50 (or later) 
 * 2 MB of hard disk space 

IMPORTANT: Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver 1.0 is a 32-bit driver only. Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups platforms are not supported. If you attempt to install on these platforms, you will receive the following error message:

   "This version of MSVCRT20.DLL is not compatible with Win32s"

Also, note that clicking the OK button on this error dialog box may cause the system to stop responding. 

How to Install the Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver
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1. Copy the VFPODBC.EXE self-extracting file into a temporary directory.
2. Run VFPODBC.EXE.

The VFPODBC file will extract files and automatically start the SETUP.EXE program. Follow the setup program's instructions. 

NOTE: The VFPODBC.TXT file contains late-breaking or other information that supplements the Microsoft Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver Help file. To view this file, double-click VFPODBC.TXT, located in the Windows 95 \System, or Windows NT \System32 subdirectory. 
