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Database Menu

Drivers

This option will open a dialog that shows the current loaded drivers (connectivity kits). You can load new drivers or unload existing drivers.

Login

This option will open a panel in which you can log in to a database server with the specified username, password, and driver. If the driver is not yet loaded, you can load it. Often, the table login information is specified in an INT file, making this function less frequently needed.

Logout

This option will open a panel in which you can log out of a chosen server. The server is identified by the driver name, username, and password entered in the other forms.

Connection IDs

This option opens a panel in which you can configure connection IDs to be used with Database Explorer. The name of the connection ID is stored in the table.int file in your data folder. The connection string for the connection ID can either be coded in your project code or in the driver.int file.

If you choose to code the connection ID connection string, you typically want to use the same technique in the tools. For Database Explorer, we created a dialog where you can enter the information needed to create a connection ID connection string. The password you enter will be stored encrypted.

The information entered in the dialog is per workspace and stored in ConnectionIds.Ini. If this file exists, the information will be automatically read and parsed when Database Explorer opens, allowing a table that uses a connection ID to utilize this feature in Database Explorer as well.