programmatically create system dsn in vb.net

Chris Thunell

Is there any way to programmatically create an odbc system dsn in vb.net?
I have a bunch of DSNs that need to be created for SQL, Access, and
Timberline and i thought that it would make my life easier if i had a little
program that would run to create these DSNs instead of manually installing
them on each pc. I'm lazy - what can i say! :)

The ODBC drivers are already installed, i just need to create specific DSNs.

Any thoughts?
Chris Thunell
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Nov 21 '05 #1

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Paul Clement

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:03:24 -0400, "Chris Thunell" <ct******@pierceassociates.com> wrote:

¤ Is there any way to programmatically create an odbc system dsn in vb.net?
¤ I have a bunch of DSNs that need to be created for SQL, Access, and
¤ Timberline and i thought that it would make my life easier if i had a little
¤ program that would run to create these DSNs instead of manually installing
¤ them on each pc. I'm lazy - what can i say! :)
¤
¤ The ODBC drivers are already installed, i just need to create specific DSNs.

See the following thread:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?F2555184B
Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

Nov 21 '05 #2

Chris Thunell

Anyone know how to do this with vb.net? This is a good example (below) but
was written for vb6.

"Paul Clement" <Us***********************@swspectrum.com> wrote in message
news:3l********************************@4ax.com...

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:03:24 -0400, "Chris Thunell"
<ct******@pierceassociates.com> wrote:

¤ Is there any way to programmatically create an odbc system dsn in
vb.net?
¤ I have a bunch of DSNs that need to be created for SQL, Access, and
¤ Timberline and i thought that it would make my life easier if i had a
little
¤ program that would run to create these DSNs instead of manually
installing
¤ them on each pc. I'm lazy - what can i say! :)
¤
¤ The ODBC drivers are already installed, i just need to create specific
DSNs.

See the following thread:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?F2555184B
Paul
~~~~
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

Nov 21 '05 #3

Lucas Tam

"Chris Thunell" <ct******@pierceassociates.com> wrote in
news:eg**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:

Anyone know how to do this with vb.net? This is a good example
(below) but was written for vb6.

Uhhh... if you read it, I believe Paul Clement did the code conversion...

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