Visual Basic Q&A

Symptoms
When setting the password property of the RemoteData Control (RDC) atdesign time in the Property Window, asterisks are not substituted for thepassword characters. When the ODBC dialog box is displayed, the password isconverted into asterisks.
Resolution
The RDC does not control the edit field in the Property Window, andtherefore cannot force asterisks to be displayed. An OLE custom controldoes not have direct control over the Property window supplied by theVisual Basic design environment. The Remote Data control does correctly useasterisks in its own Property page.

Symptoms
When using Microsoft’s Remote Data Control 2.0 (RDC) without a User orSystem DSN in the ODBC Data Source Administrator, trying to set the RDC’sDataSourceName property generates a run-time error.
Resolution
Create a DSN under ODBC or upgrade from MSRDC20.ocx version 5.00.3714 (or5.01.4319), which is “Microsoft Remote Data Control 2.0,” to MSRDC20.ocxversion 6.00.816, which is “Microsoft Remote Data Control 6.0.”