' This function opens the OLEDB dialog to create an OLEDB connection string,' and return the selection' It requires the OLEDB Service Component 1.0 Type Library to workPublic Function CreateConnString(Optional ByVal parentForm As Form = Nothing) _ As String Dim dataLink As Object = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.CreateObject _ ("DataLinks") 'On Error Resume Next Dim handle As Integer = 0 If Not parentForm Is Nothing Then handle = parentForm.Handle.ToInt32() End If ' the following statement makes the property modal respect to the current ' form dataLink.hWnd = handle ' display the dialog Dim o As Object = dataLink.PromptNew() If o Is Nothing Then Return "" Else Return o.ConnectionString.ToString()End Function