Each ODBC data source requires a corresponding ODBC driver to access it. When you define an ODBC data source, you provide information about the data source that the driver requires in order to connect to it. Defining an ODBC data source is often called configuring the data source.
After you prepare to use the data source, you must define it using Microsoft’s ODBC Data Source Administrator utility. This utility can be accessed from the Control Panel in Windows or DataWindow Designer’s Database painter.
The rest of this section describes what you need to know to define an ODBC data source in order to access it in DataWindow Designer.
