Configuration utility

(\Program Files\Borland\Borland Shared\BDE\BDEADMIN.EXE)

The BDE Administrator is a visual tool for managing BDE system configuration information in the Windows Registry and alias information in the BDE configuration file (IDAPI.CFG).

For detailed information on the BDE Administrator and the meanings of all BDE configuration settings, see BDE Administrator Help.

For an overview from a developers’ perspective and complete guidance on configuring ODBC connectivity, see Configuration management.

Besides this interactive tool, you can programmatically modify system information and existing aliases from front-end applications using BDE API functions. These functions include: DbiOpenCfgInfoList, DbiAddDriver DbiDeleteDriver, DbiAddAlias, and DbiDeleteAlias.