Re: ISAM

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From: Joe We are Borg Foster
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 00:00

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"David Sullivan" <dsulli@dhc.net> writes:

> Oh, and one more question.
> What is an installable ISAM and how does this relate to dBase

It's a DLL, such as xbs200.dll for VB3 and VB4-16, that allows VB and
Access to use a foreign database without having to go through ODBC.
With the ISAM (short for Indexed Sequential Access Manager, a term for
databases from the not-so-good old days :-) you can use dBase, FoxPro,
and Clipper databases with VB as easily as you can use Access MDBs.

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From: Joe "We are Borg" Foster <joe@bftsi0.UUCP>
Subject: Re: ISAM
Date: 1997/10/06
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