Before you define the interface and connect to a database using ADO.NET:
Install and configure the database server, network, and client software.
Install the ADO.NET interface.
Install Microsoft’s Data Access Components version 2.6 or higher software on your machine.
You must install and configure the database server and install the network software and client software.
To install and configure the database server,
network, and client software:
Make sure the appropriate database software is installed and running on its server.
You must obtain the database server software from your database vendor. For installation instructions, see your database vendor’s documentation.
Make sure the required network software (such as TCP/IP) is installed and running on your computer and is properly configured so that you can connect to the data server at your site. You must install the network communication driver that supports the network protocol and operating system platform you are using.
For installation and configuration instructions, see your network or data source administrator.
If required, install the appropriate client software on each client computer on which DataWindow Designer is installed.
In the DataWindow Designer Setup program, select the Custom install and select the ADO.NET database interface.
The DataWindow Designer ADO.NET interface requires the functionality of the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) version 2.8 or higher software. Version 2.8 is distributed with Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003.
To check the version of MDAC on your computer, you can download and run the MDAC Component Checker utility from the MDAC Downloads page.
On the Windows Vista operating system, Windows Data Access Components (DAC) 6.0 includes some changes to work with Vista but is otherwise functionally equivalent to MDAC 2.8.
