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The Visual FoxPro OLE DB Provider (VfpOleDB.dll) exposes OLE DB interfaces that you can use to access Visual FoxPro databases and tables from other programming languages and applications.

• The Visual FoxPro OLE DB Provider (VfpOleDB.dll) exposes OLE DB interfaces that you can use to access Visual FoxPro databases and tables from other programming languages and applications. The Visual FoxPro OLE DB Provider is supported by OLE DB System Components as provided by MDAC 2.6 or later. The requirements to run the Visual FoxPro OLE DB Provider are the same as for Visual FoxPro 8.0.
  
  Note: This version of the VFP OLE DB provider is the same version as the one included in SP1 (Service Pack 1) for Visual FoxPro 8.0.

Files

Status: Live This download is still available on microsoft.com. The downloads below will come directly from the Microsoft Download Center.

File	SHA1 Hash	Size
VFP8_OLEDBProvider_Readme.doc	77adb85189b5e28af2e3606b4403c62a6ca6afe3	13 KB
vfpoledb.exe	565a6bfbfeb906549baece0f0414756fd9831011	1.93 MB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• • Processor: Pentium class
  • RAM: 64 MB (recommended: 128 MB or higher)
  • Available Hard Disk Space: 2 MB for minimum install, 4 MB for full install
  • Software Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) version 2.6 or higher
  
  Note: Installation on Windows NT 4.0 is not supported.
  

• Important download details: Installing the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Visual FoxPro 8.0 on a computer that has a previous version of the Provider causes this version to replace the previous version. If you wish to preserve the previous version of the Provider, you must rename it before proceeding with this installation. To rename the Provider using Windows Explorer:
  
  1. Shut down any applications that might be using the provider, such as IIS, or any desktop applications that use the provider.
  2. Open the ...\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB folder
  3. Right-click vfpoledb.dll, select Rename, and then change the name to vfpoledb_save.dll.
  4. To restore the saved version, delete or rename this release version, and rename vfpoledb_save.dll to vfpoledb.dll. It should not be necessary to re-register the provider, provided that you have not uninstalled the previous version.
  
  To download:
  
  1. Click the file you want to download from the list below.
  2. Do one of the following:
  • To start the installation immediately, click Open or Run this program from its current location.
  • To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk.