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GetODBCDrivers – Read the list of ODBC drivers from the registry

GetODBCDrivers – Read the list of ODBC drivers from the registry

Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002' get the list of ODBC drivers through the registry'' returns a collection of strings, each one holding the' name of a driver, e.g. "Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)"'' requires the EnumRegistryValues functionFunction GetODBCDrivers() As Collection    Dim res As Collection    Dim values As Variant        ' initialize the result    Set GetODBCDrivers = New Collection        ' the names of all the ODBC drivers are kept as values    ' under a registry key    ' the EnumRegistryValue returns a collection    For Each values In EnumRegistryValues(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, _        "SoftwareODBCODBCINST.INIODBC Drivers")        ' each element is a two-item array:        ' values(0) is the name, values(1) is the data        If StrComp(values(1), "Installed", 1) = 0 Then            ' if installed, add to the result collection            GetODBCDrivers.Add values(0), values(0)        End If    Next    End Function

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