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Article ID:168549
Last Review:January 19, 2007
Revision:4.3
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SUMMARY

The Choose97.exe file contains a document called "Choosing the Appropriate Database Development Tool," which discusses the relative strengths of Microsoft's database products: Microsoft Access, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual FoxPro, and Microsoft SQL Server. Mention is also made of Microsoft Visual C++ and Microsoft Visual J++.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Download Choose97.exe now (http://download.microsoft.com/download/access97/whitpapr/1/win98/en-us/choose97.exe)
The Choose97.exe file contains the following files: 
   Choosing.doc    The "Choosing the Appropriate Database Development
                   Tool" white paper.

   Readme.txt      This information in text format.
Choosing.doc is in Microsoft Word 97 format. To view this document in an earlier version of Microsoft Word, you need to have the Microsoft Word 97 Converter. For more information about the Word 97 Converter, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
162214 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/162214/EN-US/) WD: How to Obtain the Word 97 Import Converter
For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
119591 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/119591/EN-US/) How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help to prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

MORE INFORMATION

The "Choosing the Appropriate Database Development Tool" white paper contains the folling topics:
•Introduction
•Database Tools Overview
 
•Microsoft Access
•Microsoft Visual Basic
•Microsoft Visual FoxPro
•Microsoft SQL Server
•Q & A
 
•Database Engine Questions
•Visual Tool Questions
•Web Issues
 
•Model Overview
•Components in Database Solutions
•Conclusion
•Appendix A
 
•Microsoft Internet Technologies and Tools
 
•ActiveX
•ActiveX Server Framework
•FrontPage
•Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
•Internet Information Server
•ISAPI
•"Internet Studio"
•Visual J++
•Appendix B
 
•Microsoft Data Access Technologies
•ODBC Data Sources
•Microsoft Jet ISAM
•FoxPro ISAM
•Appendix C
 
•Glossary
•Appendix D
 
•Database Engine Features Comparison
•Visual Tool Features Comparison
APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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