2007 Office System Driver: Data Connectivity Components

Brief Description

This download will install a set of components that can be used by non-Microsoft Office applications to read data from 2007 Microsoft Office system files.

Overview

This download will install a set of components that can be used by non-Microsoft Office applications to read data from and write data to 2007 Office system files such as Microsoft Office Access 2007 (mdb and accdb) files and Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (xls, xlsx, and xlsb) files. Connectivity to 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 designed as a general replacement for Jet. If you need a general replacement for Jet you should use SQL Server Express Edition.

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: 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:

Download the file by clicking the Download button (above) and saving the file to your hard disk.
Double-click the AccessDatabaseEngine.exe program file on your hard disk to start the setup program.
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

To use this download:

If you are the user of an application, consult your application documentation for details on how to use the appropriate driver.
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.
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”
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

On the Start menu, point to Settings and then click Control Panel.
Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
In the list of currently installed programs, select “Microsoft Office Access database engine 2007” and then click Remove or Add/Remove. If a dialog box appears, follow the instructions to remove the program.
Click Yes or OK to confirm that you want to remove the program.

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