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What is ODBC and when do I use the “Open an External Database via ODBC” feature in DesignPro?

April 26, 2017database designpro external feature ODBC

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What is ODBC and when do I use the “Open an External Database via ODBC” feature in DesignPro?

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ODBC stands for “open database connectivity” and is a tool that interprets data sources from various programs into a standard format. Many database programs provide an ODBC driver which translates their file data into this standard format. The ODBC feature in DesignPro allows you to access these drivers and link databases created in formats other than dBASE III to a DesignPro project (FoxPro, Microsoft Access, .txt, etc.). If linking a database through ODBC, field content can be edited in DesignPro, but the database structure (adding fields) cannot be modified.