Create and Remove a DSN in Visual Basic
1.Start a New Project.
In the Advanced tab of the Options dialog box under the Tools menu, set a Conditional Compilation Argument named WIN32 equal to 1 if using Visual Basic 4.0 32-bit, or 0 if using Visual Basic 4.0 16-bit.
2.Add two CommandButtons to the default form.
3.Add the following code to the General Declarations:
Option Explicit
'Constant Declaration
Private Const ODBC_ADD_DSN = 1 ' Add data source
Private Const ODBC_CONFIG_DSN = 2 ' Configure (edit) data source
Private Const ODBC_REMOVE_DSN = 3 ' Remove data source
Private Const vbAPINull As Long = 0& ' NULL Pointer
'Function Declare
#If WIN32 Then
Private Declare Function SQLConfigDataSource Lib "ODBCCP32.DLL" _
(ByVal hwndParent As Long, ByVal fRequest As Long, _
ByVal lpszDriver As String, ByVal lpszAttributes As String) _
As Long
#Else
Private Declare Function SQLConfigDataSource Lib "ODBCINST.DLL" _
(ByVal hwndParent As Integer, ByVal fRequest As Integer, ByVal _
lpszDriver As String, ByVal lpszAttributes As String) As Integer
#End If
4.Add the following code into the Click event of Command1:
#If WIN32 Then
Dim intRet As Long
#Else
Dim intRet As Integer
#End If
Dim strDriver As String
Dim strAttributes As String
'Set the driver to SQL Server because it is most common.
strDriver = "SQL Server"
'Set the attributes delimited by null.
'See driver documentation for a complete
'list of supported attributes.
strAttributes = "SERVER=SomeServer" & Chr$(0)
strAttributes = strAttributes & "DESCRIPTION=Temp DSN" & Chr$(0)
strAttributes = strAttributes & "DSN=DSN_TEMP" & Chr$(0)
strAttributes = strAttributes & "DATABASE=pubs" & Chr$(0)
'To show dialog, use Form1.Hwnd instead of vbAPINull.
intRet = SQLConfigDataSource(vbAPINull, ODBC_ADD_DSN, _
strDriver, strAttributes)
If intRet Then
MsgBox "DSN Created"
Else
MsgBox "Create Failed"
End If
5.Add the following code into the Click event of Command2:
#If WIN32 Then
Dim intRet As Long
#Else
Dim intRet As Integer
#End If
Dim strDriver As String
Dim strAttributes As String
'Set the driver to SQL Server because most common.
strDriver = "SQL Server"
'Set the attributes delimited by null.
'See driver documentation for a complete list of attributes.
strAttributes = "DSN=DSN_TEMP" & Chr$(0)
'To show dialog, use Form1.Hwnd instead of vbAPINull.
intRet = SQLConfigDataSource(vbAPINull, ODBC_REMOVE_DSN, _
strDriver, strAttributes)
If intRet Then
MsgBox "DSN Deleted"
Else
MsgBox "Delete Failed"
End If
6.Run the project.
7.Click Command1 to add a DSN named DSN_TEMP.
8.Click Command2 to remove the DSN named DSN_TEMP.