OFF97: Complete Setup Doesn't Install All ODBC Drivers

When you perform a complete installation of Microsoft Office 97, not all of the included ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) drivers are installed. Specifically, the following ODBC drivers are not installed:

This occurs because some drivers have been moved from the main Microsoft Office 97 Setup program into the Microsoft Data Access Pack, included in the Microsoft Office Value Pack. A separate Setup program must be run in order to install these drivers.

To install the aforementioned ODBC drivers, follow these steps:

1. Insert your Microsoft Office 97 disc into your CD-ROM drive, or, if you installed Microsoft Office 97 from a network server, connect to the network server.
2. On the Start menu, click Run. Type the following command line:
   <X>:\Valupack\Dataacc\Dataacc.exe
   
   where <X> is the letter of your CD-ROM drive. Or, type the path that points to the Dataacc.exe file on your network server.
   
   Then, click OK.
   
   
3. Click Yes to install the Microsoft Data Access Pack.
4. When the Data Access Setup dialog box appears, click Continue. If you are warned that the Data Access Pack has already been installed, click Continue.
5. Click OK to allow the Setup program to copy the data access files to the C:\Program Files\Data Access folder. Or, click "Change Folder" to specify a different path, and then click OK.
6. Click "Complete\Custom Install".
7. Click "Change Option". In the next dialog box, select the checkbox for each driver you want to install.
8. Click OK and then click Continue.
9. When Setup has copied all the files, you should receive the message "Data Access Pack Setup was completed successfully." Click OK.

The Microsoft Data Access Pack included with Microsoft Office 97 includes several different ODBC drivers. The following table lists these drivers and whether or not they are installed when you perform a complete installation of Microsoft Office:



The first four drivers listed in the table above are installed during a complete setup of Microsoft Office 97, but are also included in the Data Access Pack. The last three drivers listed in the above table are included only in the Data Access Pack.

Because the drivers in the Data Access Pack are installed by a separate Setup program, it is not possible to incorporate these drivers into an administrative installation ("setup /a") of Microsoft Office 97. You must run the Dataacc.exe program to install the additional drivers.