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In order to add an ODBC data resource to a packaging project, users go to the ODBC view of the Visual Designer mode.
With a click on the Create new... button, an option menu is displayed. Select Data source to launch the required wizard interface.
Work your way through the steps of the wizard to define all required properties for the new item.
At any time, using the Next or Back buttons, which are displayed at the bottom of the wizard dialog, allows to navigate within the already processed steps.
To exit the wizard without creating a new object, use the Cancel button, also located at the bottom of the wizard dialog.
Name
The name has to be given as an alphanumerical string, which may contain the ASCII characters A-Z (a-z), digits (0-9), underscores (_), or periods (.). It must begin with either a letter or an underscore. The name must be unique within the ODBC items of the same type. (e. g. there may not be several ODBC data source items with the same name, whilst there may be a data source and a driver item with the same name)
Registration type
Decide whether the data source should be available for any user on the target machine (activate the Per-machine option), or exclusively for a specific user (activate the Per-user option).
Driver description
Select the driver used in combination with the new data source. The predefined list contains all drivers that are available on the local packaging machine and also all custom drivers that have previously been added to the packaging project.
Component
When a new ODBC data source is added to a packaging project, it has to be added to a specific component. RayPack usually creates a new component for the data source, as indicated by the default activation for the "Automatically create a new component" radio selector option. However, by selecting the other option "Select existing component", a drop-down menu with available components becomes visible. Select one of them, or manually define the properties of a new component if required.
Use the summary page to check the correctness of the data source properties that were defined during the previous wizard steps.
•If all properties are set as required, click Process to finally create the ODBC item.
•If changes are due, click Back until the wizard step with the incorrect property definition(s) is displayed and make modifications as required.
Please note that changes in an early step may lead to different defaults or options in any later step. Therefore, please verify that all steps contain the desired settings whilst NEXTing to the summary page again.
Once the new ODBC data source has been created, the wizard can be closed by using the Finish button at its lower right corner. The ODBC view is updated, and the list of existing items contains the newly created object at the lowest position.