| MDAC Overview |  |
| MDAC Overview | |
This chart is designed to guide you through the Microsoft® Data Access Components (MDAC) documentation. Look on the chart to find MDAC information about what you want to learn, the problem you want to solve, or an activity you want to do. For a better understanding of MDAC technologies, we recommend that everyone read the "What Are the MDAC Technologies?" technical article at the Microsoft Universal Data Access Web site.
| Tasks | Go To | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Learn about data access technologies | ||
| Novice | Microsoft Data Access Components overview
"MDAC Technology Features" technical article "Choosing MDAC Components" technical article |
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| Experienced with RDO/DAO or PowerBuilder/Delphi Tools |
"Migrating from DAO to ADO" technical article | |
| Use Visual Basic to create an application that uses data accessed from different data stores | ADO overview | Visual Basic |
| Use a browser to create an application that uses data accessed from different data stores | ADO overview | Active Server Pages |
| Expose multidimensional data using ADO | ADO MD | Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual J++ |
| Expose data and services through OLE DB | ||
| OLE DB novice | OLE DB overview | Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual J++ |
| OLE DB expert | "OLE DB Minimum Levels of Consumer and Provider Functionality" technical article | Visual C++ |
| Use multidimensional data |
OLE DB for Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) | |
| Expose SQL data through ODBC | ODBC overview |