Q: How do I use front-end development tools to connect to a DBMaker database?

A: Connecting to a DBMaker Server using front-end tools depends on the client. There are other ways to connect through the server. The following solutions are only client-side. There are two ways to connect development tools to DBMaker:

1. Connect to the library or DLL provided by DBMaker.

   on a UNIX platform,

   The only way to do this is to link your C program with ~dbmaker/lib/libdmapic.a .

   On a Windows platform

   16-bit AP must be linked with the dmapi16.lib file in DBMaker's Lib folder or the dmapi16.dll in the Windows system folder.

   32-bit AP must be linked with the dmapi32.lib file in DBMaker's Lib folder or the dmapi32.dll in the Windows system folder( or Windows NT's system32 folder).

2. To connect to DBMaker using the Microsoft ODBC Driver Manager.

   This can only be done on a Windows platform.

   There are two steps to connect to DBMaker by the ODBC Driver Manger,

   step 1 is to install the Driver, and

   step 2 is using the DataSource Setup.

   Registering a DBMaker database through the Driver Manager, also sets up a DBMaker database to use the ODBC Administrator.