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MDAC 2.81 bootstrapper package

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  • Version: 8.0
  • Category: Tool
  • Language: English

MDAC 2.81 bootstrapper package can be used with Setup & Deployment projects & ClickOnce applications to redistribute MDAC 2.81. This package includes xml files for Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplied), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.

This package includes xml files for all languages supported by Visual Studio. This package provides data access technologies including ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), OLE DB, and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC). Data-driven client/server applications deployed over the Web or a local area network (LAN) can use these components to integrate information from relational (SQL) and non-relational sources.

Files

Status: Deleted

This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to April 2023.

Files
MDAC28.exe

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    System Requirements

    Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP

    Note: These are system requirements for Visual Studio 2008. For MDAC system requirements, visit msdn.microsoft.com.

    Windows XP SP2
    Windows Server 2003 SP2
    Windows Vista and above

    Installation Instructions

    This package can be used with all editions of Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio Team System 2008. It can be also used with all editions of Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 Team System.

    Step1:

    This package should be unzipped to directory locations mentioned below.

    a)Directory location for Visual Studio 2008:

    32-bit computer:

    %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages

    64-bit computer:

    %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages

    b)Directory location for Visual Studio 2005:

    32-bit computer:

    %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bootstrapper\Packages

    64-bit computer:

    %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bootstrapper\Packages



    Step 2: Download MDAC 2.81 from downloads.microsoft.com and copy MDAC_TYP.exe to following folder.

    a)Directory location for Visual Studio 2008:

    32-bit computer:

    %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\MDAC28\En

    64-bit computer:

    %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\MDAC28\En

    b)Directory location for Visual Studio 2005:

    32-bit computer:

    %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper\Packages\MDAC28\En

    64-bit computer:

    %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper\Packages\MDAC28\En

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