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After installing the BDE the default value for the MSACCESS driver is the idda032.dll (DAO 3.0), which is used in Office 95. But if we are using Office 97 we have to change this setting to idda3532.dll (tip 8.1). We can do so using the following code:

…
uses
BDE;
…
procedure SetOffice97DB;
var
ConfigDesc: CFGDesc;
Cursor [...]

You can use Microsoft Access databases only with Delphi 3 Professional or better. You have to have the BDE (Borland Database Engine) installed on the PC. It should be version 4.51 or better. Besides the BDE you need to have the DAO installed. It is part of MS Office 97. The distribution version should be [...]