ODBC

All ODBC actions, with the exception of Query DSN, cannot be undone and are permanent. Use these features with care.

The System DSN (Data Source Name) that for the action. The drop-down list is initialized from the local system.

The selected System DSN will be removed from the remote system. The options to copy additional files are unavailable.

The selected DSN will be will be queried and information about the driver and database will be displayed. The options to copy additional files are unavailable. This is action is non-destructive.

Check this box if AutoAdministrator should attempt to copy the driver file that is associated with the ODBC driver as well.

Why "attempt"? Many ODBC drivers (e.g. MS SQL Server) consist of dozens of files that make up the ODBC driver, all of which may depend on other ODBC DLLs. Copying drivers like these using AutoAdministrator will not produce the desired result since AutoAdministrator doesn't know which files to copy. Copy additional driver file(s) can be used to specify additional extra files (see below).

This option should be used with extreme care, as overwriting system files can destabilize parts (e.g. ODBC) of or the entire Operating System. NETIKUS.NET ltd cannot be held responsible for any damage caused by incorrect use of this option.

The good news is that some ODBC drivers (e.g. MySQL) only consist of one file (the file referenced in the ODBC configuration) and can therefore easily be copied and rolled out with AutoAdministrator.

The file that will be copied when using this option is the one specified by the Driver value in the HKLM\Software\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI\<Driver> registry key, where <Driver> is the name of the referenced ODBC driver.

By default, AutoAdministrator does not overwrite existing settings and files. If the specified DSN name does already exist on the remote machine then the configuration will not be copied. This also applies to files that already exist on the remote machine.

Activate this option to force AutoAdministrator to always copy the ODBC settings (and files), regardless to whether they exist on the remote machine or not.

This option provides a mechanism to copy extra files in cases where the ODBC driver consists of more than a single file. Files specified here will be copied to %systemroot%\system32, regardless of their original location. See File Copy for a description of file dialog controls.

This option can be used to schedule the replacement of files that are locked by the operating system (e.g. the file is currently in use). The files will be copied to %systemroot% and moved to %systemroot%\system32 when the machine is rebooted. AutoAdministrator can be used to schedule a subsequent reboot on remote machines, see Shutdown / Reboot.