Re: database connect string in Win95 registry ??

From: Tom Mettling <mettlingt_at_wtchen.com>
Date: 1997/07/21
Message-ID: <33D3C2D5.19221C8D_at_wtchen.com>#1/1


Josef Buergi wrote:

> Hello
>
> I'm running Forms4.5 under Win95. If a user logs in, he must
> enter Username, Password and the Database-Connect sting.
>
> How can I prevent the user from entering the connect string every time
> he
> logs in ?
>
> Is there a way to save the connect string in the Win95 registry ?
>
> Thanks in advance !
>
> Regards, Joe

Under hkey_local_machine\software\oracle add a key called "local", and set the value of it to the connect string. When the form is opened, the user can just leave the box for connect string empty in the dialog box, and it will connect.

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Tom Mettling
W.T. Chen & Company, Inc.
mettlingt_at_wtchen.com
Received on Mon Jul 21 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST

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