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2007 Office System Driver: Data Connectivity Components

Brief Description
This download will install a set of components that can be used to facilitate transfer of data between 2007 Microsoft Office System files and non-Microsoft Office applications.

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Version: 2 Date Published: 10/3/2008

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Overview
This download will install a set of components that facilitate the transfer of data between existing Microsoft Office files such as Microsoft Office Access 2007 (*.mdb and *.accdb) files and Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (*.xls, *.xlsx, and *.xlsb) files to other data sources such as Microsoft SQL Server. Connectivity to existing text files is also supported. ODBC and OLEDB drivers are installed for application developers to use in developing their applications with connectivity to Office file formats. The 2007 Office System Driver are not intended:

1. As a general replacement for Jet (If you need a general replacement for Jet you should
use SQL Server Express Edition). 2. As a replacement for the Jet OLEDB Provider in server-side applications. 3. As a general word processing, spreadsheet or database management system-To be used as a way to create files. (You can use Microsoft Office or Office automation to create the files that Microsoft Office supports.) 4. To be used within a service program or web application that relies on a Windows service. Top of page

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems:Windows 7;Windows Server 2003;Windows Server 2008;Windows Vista;Windows XP This download works with the following Office program: 2007 Microsoft Office system

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Instructions
To install this download:

1. Download the file by clicking the Download button (above) and saving the file to your
hard disk.

2. Double-click the AccessDatabaseEngine.exe program file on your hard disk to start

the setup program. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. To use this download:

1. If you are the user of an application, consult your application documentation for details on how to use the appropriate driver. 2. If you are an application developer using OLEDB, set the Provider argument of the ConnectionString property to Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 If you are connecting to Microsoft Office Excel data, add Excel 12.0 to the Extended Properties of the OLEDB connection string. 3. If you are application developer using ODBC to connect to Microsoft Office Access data, set the Connection String to Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)};DBQ=path to mdb/accdb file 4. If you are application developer using ODBC to connect to Microsoft Office Excel data, set the Connection String to Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb)};DBQ=path to xls/xlsx/xlsm/xlsb file To remove this download: To remove the download file itself, delete the file AccessDatabaseEngine.exe

1. On the Start menu, point to Settings and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. 3. In the list of currently installed programs, select Microsoft Office Access database
engine 2007 and then clickRemove or Add/Remove. If a dialog box appears, follow the instructions to remove the program.

4. Click Yes or OK to confirm that you want to remove the program.

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Additional Information
This package contains components that are at the same version as the The 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1) release. The Office System Drivers are only supported under certain scenarios, including: 1. Desktop applications which read from and write to various files formats including Microsoft Office Access, Microsoft Office Excel and text files. 2. To transfer data between supported file formats and a database repository such as SQL Server; in the context of a desktop application. Top of page
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