MDAC and Jet OLE Drivers

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DayNotez Desktop and it's conduit rely on Microsoft's Data Access Components.

What are the Microsoft Data Access Components?

The Microsoft Data Access Components are the key technologies that enable Universal Data Access. They include ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), Remote Data Service (RDS, formerly known as Advanced Data Connector or ADC), OLE DB, and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)

Simply put, it is a bunch of computer components that allow 3rd party developers such as Natara, a standard way of accessing database files, such as the DayNotez Desktop user data files. DayNotez Desktop utilizes a part of the MDAC called "Jet OLE 4.0".

Natara Software does not supply the MDAC components with its installation for several reasons.

•	Most users with up to date operating systems will already have the necessary components installed. They are installed by a lot of Microsoft tools, such as Outlook and some newer versions of IE.

•	The MDAC is an installation process in itself. It is somewhat complex, and is best left to the Microsoft installation procedures to install the necessary parts for the operating system you happen to be using.

•	Downloading the installation portion of the MDAC every time there was a new release of DayNotez Desktop would be wasteful, since the MDAC portion never gets changed by Natara Software anyway.

If, after installing DayNotez Desktop and doing a synchronization you receive an error message in you hotsync log such as

"DayNotez DB Database Access Error Microsoft ADO may not be properly installed on machine"

...you may need to install ( or re-install ) the MDAC drivers.

Note: Natara Software currently recommends MDAC 2.8 or higher. You can find links to Microsofts MDAC and Jet downloads at the Natara MDAC infomation page