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| ADOExpress Step-by-Step-from-Scratch Tech Note |
Running ADO Applications in Windows 95
Summary: ADO is built into Windows 98, and will be built into future versions of Windows, including Windows 2000, but there is no support for ADO in Windows 95. DCOM for Win 95 and MDAC 2.1, or later, must be installed in Windows 95 before running Delphi ADO applications.
Read this Microsoft article: MDAC 2.0 Requires DCOM95 to Install Under Windows 95.
Go to this page: www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom95/download.asp
Download the self-extracting dcom95.exe (1.2 MB) from the
download page.
(For dcom98 for Windows 98 see www.microsoft.com/com/resources/downloads.asp.)
From Windows Explorer, double click on the dcom95.exe file icon to start the program.
Click the Yes button to "OK to install DCOM95 for Windows 95?"
Click the Yes button to license agreement (if you agree)
Click the Yes button to "Do you want to restart your computer now?"
Read this Microsoft overview page about MDAC 2.1 SP2: www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm
Download mdac_type.exe (6.2 MB) from the download
page: www.microsoft.com/msdownload/uda/mdac21/mdac_typ21.asp
or look in the MDAC directory on the Delphi 5 CD.
From Windows Explorer, double click on the mdac_type.exe file icon to start the program.
Click the Yes button to license agreement (if you agree)
Press the Continue button.
To start installation, click the large button when directed to do so.
(A boat load of DLLs will be dumped into C:\Windows\System.)
Press the OK button to "Microsoft Data Access 2.1 Setup was completed successfully."
Read any information in the directory C:\Program Files\Common Files\SYSTEM\ADO in the files MDACReadMe.TXT or ADOReadMe.TXT.
C. Run Delphi ADO Application in Win 95
Run any ADO application in Win 95 as you would in Win 98.
Links Verified 27 Jan 2000
Updated 18 Feb 2002
since 27 Jan 2000