How do I read data from an xBase/Clipper file in VB6? - vb6

Question

DBF file is in C:\dbase\clip53\PRG\stkmenu\WPACK3\
DBF file is called WPACKS.CFG (deliberately not .DBF)
The VB6 code in an ActiveX EXE for opening the database and recordset:
Function OpenDatabase(sFile As Variant, Optional sProvider As Variant = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0") As Variant ' ADODB.Connection
Dim nErr As Long
Dim sErr As String
Dim oConnection As Object 'ADODB.Connection
Set oConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
On Error Resume Next
oConnection.open sProvider & ";Data Source=" & sFile
nErr = Err.Number
sErr = Err.Description
On Error GoTo 0
If nErr <> 0 Then
Err.Raise OPENDATABASE_E_NOTFOUND, , sErr
End If
Set OpenDatabase = oConnection
End Function
Function OpenRecordSet(ByRef oDb As Variant, sQuery As Variant, Optional bCmdText As Boolean = False) As Variant ''ADODB.Connection ADODB.Recordset
Const adOpenForwardOnly As Long = 0
Const adOpenStatic As Long = 3
Const adOpenDynamic As Long = 2
Const adOpenKeyset As Long = 1
Const adLockOptimistic As Long = 3
Const adCmdText As Long = 1
Dim oRecordSet As Object 'ADODB.Recordset
Set oRecordSet = CreateObject("ADODB.RecordSet")
If bCmdText Then
oRecordSet.open sQuery, , , adCmdText
Else
oRecordSet.open sQuery, oDb, adOpenKeyset, adLockOptimistic
End If
Set OpenRecordSet = oRecordSet
End Function
The script accessing these methods looks a little like VBScript. It is VBScript, but executed by the aforementioned ActiveX EXE which uses MSScript control and has a whole pile of objects which it can make available to the script engine. A kind of VBScript-on-steroids approach.
uses database
uses system
dim db
dim rs
set db = database.opendatabase("C:\dbase\clip53\PRG\stkmenu\WPACK3\","Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Extended Properties=dBase III;User ID=Admin;Password=")
set rs = database.openrecordset(db, "SELECT * FROM WPACKS.CFG",true)
system.consolewriteline rs.recordcount
My problem is that I keep getting The connection cannot be used to perform this operation. It is either closed or invalid in this context. when it hits the oRecordSet.open sQuery, , , adCmdText (which I got from a Microsoft site.)
'Tis a tad irritating.

Answer 1

The connection string I use when I need to connect a DBF file is usually something like:
"Driver={Microsoft dBase Driver (*.dbf)};dbq=<filePath>"
It works fine for me.

Answer 2

try using the latest and greatest FoxPro driver.