Couldnt find installable ISAM

[Goh]

Couldnt find installable ISAM
i wanted to create a link from excel to a vb application. a data control is put on the form...
1) Connect property:excel 8.0
2)DatabaseName=c"\....
3)..when i click on the recordsource...the error message
Couldnt find installable ISAM pops out...can anyone tell me wats going on?

[frigginjerk]

this sounds similar to the same problem people have when trying to connect to a access2k mdb. They need to install service pack 5 and change the connect property to "access 2000" instead of just "access".

Check if you have sp5 installed and then check if you have the latest Jet/Dao service pack.

[Goh]

i have install sp5....and i follow the steps.. given for the installation..but i realise that there are alot of zip files inside the setup that i didnt unzip....cuz the instruction didnt said so..i just run the setup directly...and btw wat is the jet/dao engine you refering to ...is it inclusive in sp5 or otherwise? thanks

[frigginjerk]

DAO is Data Objects Model. DAO is used to connect to various datasources like mdbs, xls, etc.

JET utilizes DAO to connect specifically to mdb datasources.

There are 2 different vb datacontrols. The ADO datacontrol and the DAO datacontrol. I think your using the DAO datacontrol.

In vb sp5, DAO 3.6 was shipped. The latest version of DAO is 3.6 service pack 8.

What version of excel was your spreadsheet made?

[Goh]

excel2000