"Global" ODBC Data Source

00shoe

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Hey,

Hopefully I'm positing this in the correct forum (my apologies if it isn't).

I have a vb.net application that can be accessed by multiple people via a network. I'm trying to set up an ODBC Driver for the program using Windows ODBC Data Source.

Is it possible to set up a DSN that can be connected remotely because the ODBC Driver only available on the remote machine?

Thanks.
 
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Uhm, you want to do what?

Are you asking soemthing like this:

"I bought a new graphics card but windows doesnt recognise it. The drivers are stored on ATI's website, so I dont want to install them locally, so I want windows to use the website ones remotely"

Or:
"I wrote a .net program but the .net framework is not installed on my client's machine. They have the installer on a CD in their desk drawer, so I want my program to use that, but I dont want the .net framework to be installed on the machine!"

Exactly how do you propose this will work? How do you print to a printer you didnt install the driver for?
 
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