connecting to mysql using odbc and udl

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Good day.


i have a problem in connecting to mysql using udl and odbc. i have created a udl that connects to a mysql data source using odbc

Dim ftpcon As New System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection
    Dim ftpcom As New System.Data.Odbc.OdbcCommand
    Dim ftpdatareader As Odbc.OdbcDataReader
 
   sub init
 
    ftpcon.ConnectionString = "File Name=" &    Application.StartupPath.ToString & "\ftpserver.udl"
        ftpcom.Connection = ftpcon
 
    ftpcon.open
 
   end sub

when i try to execute the code above, error states that "keyword not supported, file name" , but in other connections using oledb it works fine. does odbc.net doesnt support udl's? im using visual studio.net 2003



any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much