Core Borland Database Engine files

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The core Borland Database Engine (BDE) files include:

Core File

Description

IDAPI32.DLL

Primary BDE DLL.

BLW32.DLL

International Language Driver support functions.

IDBAT32.DLL

Contains the batch operations.

IDQBE32.DLL

QBE Query Engine.

IDSQL32.DLL

SQL Query Engine.

IDASCI32.DLL

ASCII Text driver.

IDPDX32.DLL

Paradox Driver.

IDDBAS32.DLL

dBASE driver.

IDODBC32.DLL

ODBC Socket Driver (allows the use of any ODBC 3.0 driver).

IDR20009.DLL

Resource file for error messages.

IDDAO32.DLL

Access Driver for Access 95 and Jet Engine 3.0.

IDDA3532.DLL

Access Driver for Access 97 and Jet Engine 3.5.

IDDR32.DLL

Data Repository.

BDEADMIN.EXE

BDE Administrator utility for managing configuration information stored in the Windows Registry and aliases in the IDAPI.CFG.

BDEADMIN.HLP

Help file for BDE Administrator.

BDEADMIN.CNT

Table of contents file for BDEADMIN.HLP. This must remain in same directory with BDEADMIN.HLP.

BDE32.HLP

The online reference for 32-bit BDE.

BDE32.CNT

Table of contents file for BDE32.HLP. This should remain in same directory with BDE32.HLP.

IDAPI.CFG

File containing application-specific BDE configuration information, primarily database aliases.

*.BTL

Ctype information (casing, soundex, etc.).

CHARSET.CVB

Character set conversion.