ODBC connection Crystal Report with Access 2007

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I want to connect crystal Reports embedded in Visual Studio to connect to Protected Access 2007 Database. I have the following querries:

1. Will a ODBC connection using DSN run smoothly ?

2. Will this DSN need to be created on every computer the project is deployed?

HELP would be appreciated!

Posted 18-Jun-11 23:45pm

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Slacker007 · Answer 1 · 2011-06-21T00:47:00

You say that your Access 2007 db is protected? Please elaborate on what you mean by "protected".

If the ODBC connection is set up properly, it should run smoothly. I don' usually run into problems in performance with my ODBC connections.

You will have to create an ODBC DSN connection on every computer that your software will run on. That is one of the drawbacks to ODBC. You can write code however that creates this ODBC connection in the install process of your application to the client computer. I, unfortunately, have never needed to do this yet and would not be able to offer any help with this particular process.

I use ODBC here in the shop and on some of our user's workstations all the time.