We are on 8.03.408A Progress with a 2008R2 64 bit server and have no problems with ODBC.
From: jeremeyhavrilla <havrilla@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 9:28 AM
Subject: [Vantage] Re: 64bit ODBC
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What I would like to hear is if anyone is running Progress 10.1B (Vantage 8.03.xxx) on Server 2008R2 (64bit) AND successfully using ODBC.
From: jeremeyhavrilla <havrilla@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 9:28 AM
Subject: [Vantage] Re: 64bit ODBC
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What I would like to hear is if anyone is running Progress 10.1B (Vantage 8.03.xxx) on Server 2008R2 (64bit) AND successfully using ODBC.
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Brian Turner <bturner101@...> wrote:
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> We have been running an ODBC connection with a progress DB and windows 7 64Bit
> for some time now.
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> Our reports are a hybrid collection; some are created straight through crystal
> and others are built using the Vantage report designer and BAQ's.
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> Reports created without any Vantage resources (i.e. report designer, BAQ, etc.)
> require a DSN-Less connection string to allow users to run them from a Vantage
> menu without the need of a direct ODBC connection on every client computer. This
> allows us to embed the connection string, user name, and password in the report
> which is never available to users. Thus, the information to even create a direct
> ODBC connection to our DB is never available for a user to even create.
>
>
> It works very well and it is surprisingly easy to deploy. It requires copying
> and pasting some driver .dll files to each client PC. Finally, a simple registry
> hack makes the progress open edge driver available to the Windows ODBC admin
> app.
>
>
> Once installed, you can establish an ODBC connection from the
> C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe application (if running Windows 7 64Bit OS).
> For some reason the 32Bit version of the ODBC admin app is located in the
> SysWOW64 folder.
>
>
> Or, you can utilize the progress open edge driver to run crystal reports from
> within the Vantage menu without the need to establish a direct ODBC connection
> on client PC's.
>
>
> Email me off line if you would like the details on how to accomplish this.
>
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> From: Joel Kolling <jkolling@...>
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, August 2, 2011 12:15:13 PM
> Subject: [Vantage] 64bit ODBC
>
>
> I've seen post about 64bit odbc and windows 7 with progress 10.1 but not
> really a solution. Anyone have a working solution?
>
> Joel Kolling
>
> IT Manager
>
> ITC Manufacturing, Inc.
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> Phone: 602-648-0021
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> Cell: 480-861-2009
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> Fax: 602-415-1444
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