DOCUMENT:Q175947  31-OCT-1997  [vbwin]
TITLE   :FILE: White Paper: Choosing the Right VB5 Data Access Interface
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:vb5all

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions
   for Windows, version 5.0
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SUMMARY
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The purpose of this paper is to help customers decide which Visual Basic
data access interface makes sense now, and in the future for any given
application. This paper is split into two parts to address these issues
separately. It is clear that there are plenty of "right" solutions from
which to choose. The real question is, which does the job today and best
positions your team and application for what is coming in the future?
Developers find it especially difficult to work with future solutions that
don't meet today's real problems. Fortunately, Visual Basic developers do
not have to take that course when deciding among today's solutions.

MORE INFORMATION
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This white paper about choosing the right data access interface for your
needs is available for download as a self-extracting executable Word
document from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ Choosing.exe

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software
Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

You can also view this white paper at the following URL:

 - http://www.microsoft.com/vbasic/docs/choosing/choosing.htm

(c) Microsoft Corporation 1997, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by
Arsenio Locsin, Microsoft Corporation
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Keywords          : vb5all
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbfile

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