Referencing the ADO Libraries In a Visual C++ Application

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To use the latest version of ADO in a Visual C++ application, use the following #import directive:

#import "msado15.dll" \  
    no_namespace rename("EOF", "EndOfFile")

To use ADO MD or ADOX, you must import msadomd.dll or msadox.dll, by using the syntax above.

Backward Compatibility

To use any earlier version of ADO, replace msado15.dll above with one of the following type libraries.

  • msado27.tlb, ADO 2.7 Type Library

  • msado26.tlb, ADO 2.6 Type Library

  • msado25.tlb, ADO 2.5 Type Library

  • msado21.tlb, ADO 2.1 Type Library

  • msado20.tlb, ADO 2.0 Type Library