Calling all gurus who know VB/BDE

[JasonGS]

My work uses a program called "TCS SeriesFive", it's client connects to a Borland database server I guess, it connects using BDE... we've been tasked to open TCS's database tables and see what we can do... we pay $.5mil a year for this software and we want to make custom tools, my question is connecting to this DB... can I do it with ADO and an ODBC, if im not mistaken; BDE is just Borland's equiv. to ADO/DAO correct?

ANY information ASAP would be a tremendous help...

Using AddIns -> Jet. See if you can view the database in this environment and take it from there. We managed to get a quicken database through this.

If Jet can see it then the whole thing is either ODBC or ADO compatiable. Try the different database type options, sometimes the ones that don't appear to have any chance work really well.

Other than that contact either Borland or the db supplier. Currently finishing up a Universe project, and the supplier was only too happy to provide info on database hookup. Mind you my Boss told them she would just contact the actual database reseller in oz.