Help in using data link

datalink , data link , build connection at runtime Philippines
  • 11 years ago
    Im working on with building a database connection at runtime, and i've done it in visual basic 6 using datalink and i only want the connection string from it, but im having a problem getting the connection string using datalink in vb2005, here are some of the code i used: Dim oDataLinks, sRetVal oDataLinks = CreateObject("DataLinks") On Error Resume Next ' Trap Cancel button sRetVal = oDataLinks.PromptNew On Error Goto 0 varConStr = sRetVal ' conversion from type connection to type string is invalid ' if converted to string it only returns "System.__ComObject" oDataLinks = Nothing how can i get the connection string, could someone help me?...i really want to know how...

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