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How to get list of DSN's on client machine?

Is there a function somewhere in the .NET library that
will return me a list of the DSN's defined on the machine
where the app is running?
I would like to put these into a dropdown box and let
the user choose which connection to use...

thanks
Robb
Jul 21 '05 #1
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