CG2007,C++ Flavor, all patches [also have MS VS 2005] installed on
machine...this is the first time I've attempted to run this app on this
machine which is a Vista Ult 32 bit.
The Connected=true goes fine, but when it gets to the SQL->Active -- I get
the installable ISAM message.

Are there some dll's I'm missing...I searched Tamaracka, but most errors
there are syntactical...this works fine on my XP machine. So I'm thinking
its a dll issue.
>>>>>>>>>snippet
str.sprintf("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data
Source=i:\\mba3d\\data\\fund performance %s.xls;Mode=Read;"
"Persist Security
Info=False;Extended Properties='Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=2'",
endDate->Date.FormatString("mmmyy"));

ADOConnection1->ConnectionString = str;
ADOConnection1->Connected = true;//this goes OK

//The dollar sign is important. Don't delete it.
// str.sprintf("select ticker,category,index,[3 Month],Ytd ,[1 Year],[3
Year], [5 Year],[3 Month idx], [Ytd idx] ,[1 Year idx],[3 Year idx], [5 Year
idx] from [Fund Performance %s$] order by category",
// endDate->Date.FormatString("mmmyy"));
str.sprintf("select ticker,category,index from [Fund Performance %s$] order
by category",
endDate->Date.FormatString("mmmyy"));

ADOQuery1->SQL->Text = str;

ADOQuery1->Active = true;///I get "installable Isam" here!!!!!!!!!!!!!