KB119739 - FILE: Btr200.exe Updates Btrieve Driver File

Article ID: 119739

Article Last Modified on 8/9/2004

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q119739

SUMMARY

When you are working with an attached Btrieve table, you may receive the following error message:

Error 3275: "Unexpected error from external database driver ()

The Btr200.exe file contains an updated Btrieve ISAM driver that fixes this problem.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Btr200.exe

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help to prevent any unauthorized changes to the file. The bug mentioned above can cause a query based on a Microsoft Access version 2.0 database with an attached Btrieve table to not return any records. The query works correctly on Microsoft Access version 1.x databases.

The problems stated above are caused by a bug in the BTRV200.DLL Btrieve ISAM driver that is installed by the Microsoft Jet 2.0/Visual Basic 3.0 Compatibility Layer.

If you are using Microsoft Access version 2.0, please refer to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base, which has instructions for installing the updated BTRV200.DLL driver on both network and standalone installations of Microsoft Access version 2.0:

116383 Unexpected Error from External Database Driver [7]

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