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Connecting Access TO VB 6 Using Adodc

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CONNECTING ACCESS TO VB 6 USING ADODC

1. Create a database “Dbase” in MS access
2. Create a table “REG” with the following fields

3. Save the database in the “2002-2003” format

4. Open VB 6 program and create the user interface as shown below

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ADDING MICROSOFT ADO DATA CONTROL 6.0 (OLEDB)

COMPONENT
1. Click project on the menu. From the dropdown click Components

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2. From the pop up window select “Microsoft ADO Data Control 6.0 (OLEDB)”.
3. Click Apply then OK

4. A New Tool will be added to the Toolbox as show below

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5. Click Adodc Tool and add it to the form as Shown Below

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Configuring ADODC to connect to Access Database

1. Right Click on Adodc1 and select ADODC Properties as shown below.

2. From the Property Pages “Using connection String” Click on Build

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3. From the Data Link Properties Window select “Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB Provider”

4. Click the Next Button connect to the database as shown below.

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5. Browse to select the database and Test the connection to confirm that it succeeds.
6. From the “Microsoft Data Link” Click “OK”

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7. The Connection string is now created. Apply and Click OK as shown below.

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Configuring ADODC to connect to the Table in Database

1. Click on Adodc 1.
2. From the property window select “RecordSource”.
3. Browse to select the Table.
4. From the property window select “RecordSource”

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5. From the Property Pages Window select

i. Command Type- 2-adCmdTable
ii. Table or Stored Procedure Name- select table of you created in this case “Reg”
iii. Click Apply then OK

6. From the property window the Record Source will now be the table “Reg” as shown below

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Connecting the Fields on the Form to the Fields in the Table

1. Click on the Textbox 1.
2. From the property window select DataSource.
3. Select Adodc1 as the DataSource

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4. From the property window select DataField

5. Select PName as the DataField in the database to Correspond with Textbox1 on Form

6. Repeat Procedure 1 to 5 for Textbox 2 and Textbox 3 to ensure that there are connected to
their corresponding Fields in the Database
7. When you run the program, the First record in the database will appear in the corresponding
Fields. Hence the Form in VB has successfully connected to the Felids in the database.

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CODING THE BUTTONS

ADDNEW Button

UPDATE Button

DELETE Button

EXIT Button

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Add More Buttons to the Form as shown below

FIRST Button

PREVIOUS Button

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NEXT Button

LAST Button

Add Textbox3 and a Search Button as Shown below

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Search Button

NOTE:
1. For the above Code to work, you need change the RecordSource Setting as shown below
2. Apply and click ok

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ADDING AND CONFIGURING A DATAGRID TO THE FORM

1. Click project on the menu. From the dropdown click Components

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2. From the pop up window select “Microsoft DataGrid Control 6.0 (OLEDB)”.
3. Click Apply then OK

4. A New Tool will be added to the Toolbox as show below.

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5. Click DataGrid Tool and Draw it to the form as Shown Below

6. To configure the DataGrid, Click on it

7. From the Property window click DataSource and select Adodc1 as shown below

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8. Run your program

9. Records in the database should be visible in the DataGrid as shown below

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