The driver is just called 'Filemaker Pro', and shows 'FMFMP50.dll' at the
far right of the Data Source Administrator window.
I've found it in: C:\Program Files\Common
Files\ODBC\FileMaker\Fmfmp50.dll,
and sent it to you.
I also posed the question to the FSA list, received a reply that it's not
installed automatically, but with a Custom install, and I can see it in
the
Custom options. Insert the disk and begin an installation, even though the
app is already installed. Keep going until you get to a screen that gives
you a choice to do a Custom install, choose that, and you will see the
ODBC
drivers on the list of items you can choose to install.
--
John Weinshel
Datagrace
Vashon Island, WA
(206) 463-1634
Certified For Filemaker 8
Certified For Filemaker 7
"Chris [CapitalC]" <The.Capital.C@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:1156963176.803101.112670@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> That is exactly the issue. If I can locate this driver I believe I can
> make it all work. I did a quick windows search for "odbc" (as that
> seems to be a common name for the .dll files of the other drivers in
> the ODBC pane. If you scroll over in the drivers tab of the ODBC
> manager (the one from the picture) you should be able to see the
> filename. When I searched for the drivers that I do have they appear
> to be located in windows/system32/ if you can provide me with the name
> of this driver I can run a search on my computer to see if they are
> there but "lost" somehow. Alternatively, you could search for the .dll
> and email it to me, however I am not too knowledgeable about drivers
> and simply having the .dll may not be enough.
>
> John Weinshel wrote:
>> Sounds like you need the driver, which I can see in the ODBC pane, but
>> not
>> locate on my drive. I've sent you an email with that image; if you or
>> anyone
>> can point me to where drivers are stored in XP, I'll be glad to send
you
>> the
>> driver. I just cannot remember how they were installed in the first
>> place.
>>
>> --
>> John Weinshel
>> Datagrace
>> Vashon Island, WA
>> (206) 463-1634
>> Certified For Filemaker 8
>> Certified For Filemaker 7
>>
>>
>> "Chris [CapitalC]" <The.Capital.C@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:1156942105.488482.20080@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > John Weinshel wrote:
>> >> There was a driver for FMP 6 (built by Merant, as I recall). It was
>> >> slow,
>> >> and there were many re****ts of failure to use it to create an
external
>> >> data
>> >> source, but I was able to make some simple connections and issue
some
>> >> basic
>> >> SQL commands, albeit not from Delphi.
>> >>
>> >> Have you tried setting up a DSN with the driver? Have you tried
using
>> >> Delphi
>> >> as the source and pulling from Filemaker?
>> >>
>> >> And, even if you get it to work, it may not be your best option.
Just
>> >> what
>> >> do you mean by 'connecting'? You cannot make a real time connection
to
>> >> Filemaker via ODBC with a Visual Studi-built front end using data
>> >> connector
>> >> objects, although Wim Decorte has created some cl***** for Filemaker
>> >> 8/8.5
>> >> that allows a connection to the XML stream from Filemaker Server
>> >> Advanced.
>> >> If you just need to pass data back and forth (or one way), you will
>> >> likely
>> >> be better served with text im****t/ex****ts.
>> >>
>> >> You may have better luck with ODBC and Filemaker in the new release
(8
>> >> and
>> >> 8.5), using either the driver offered by Filemaker, or a driver from
>> >> Actual
>> >> Technologies. All depends on what you are trying to do.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> John Weinshel
>> >> Datagrace
>> >> Vashon Island, WA
>> >> (206) 463-1634
>> >> Certified For Filemaker 8
>> >> Certified For Filemaker 7
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > John,
>> >
>> > Using some information which I found later in the day yesterday, I
have
>> > followed the steps set out in the User's Manual of my FileMaker
edition
>> > titled "Sharing FileMaker Pro data via ODBC". This guide has me
enable
>> > the sharing plug-ins, open the database I want to share, and set it
to
>> > be shared. It then has me "configure the ODBC control panel" as I
>> > normally would to set up a DSN (in XP it is called "Data Sources
>> > (ODBC)" under Administrative Tools in the Control Panel). While the
>> > guide says that the drivers should be there, they are not in the
list.
>> >
>> >
>> > The reason that I need to use FileMaker and Delphi is due to the
>> > existing conditions in which I am developing. A large Delphi
solution
>> > exists and I need to expand it to automate the updating of our
existing
>> > FileMaker Pro 6 database.
>> >
>> > When I say "connect" I mean set up a DSN and use it similarly to the
>> > way I do it in C# (.NET 2) (objects like OdbcConnection and
>> > OdbcCommand) in Delphi. I realize that FileMaker ODBC only sup****ts
>> > some SQL statements but I only require INSERT and possibly SELECT.
>> >
>> > Thanks again for your help,
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>
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