Can't Create New Data Connection

[JamesJ]

Just installed Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition.
When attempting to link to a data source which
is a ms access database I get the following error (if I wrote it
down properly).
Format of the initialization string does not conform to
specification starting at 0.

I thought it would be a bit easier to expose the project to
my data, but no.

Any help will be appreciated.
James

 

[Morten Wennevik]

Hi James,

For exact error messages, google is your friend. This thread might give you some insight of the error.

http://community.bartdesmet.net/blogs/bart/archive/2004/08/01/361.aspx

 

[JamesJ]

I pasted the error message into the search box and no
results were returned.

James

 

[Morten Wennevik]

If that happens, try to remove a word or several.

I copied this text from your message, google should return plenty results

"Format of the initialization string does not conform to specification starting"

You lack the word 'index' to get a result from the entire error message.

 

[JamesJ]

No Results, again. Tried several variations.
Does it return anything when you search the string?

James

 

[Morten Wennevik]

Searching for "Format of the initialization string does not conform to specification starting" on

http://www.google.co.uk or http://www.google.no should return 143 hits

The number of hits may vary based on location if you use http://www.google.com, but you should at least get some hits anywhere in the world.