Edit a Data Source
DSEDIT allows you to edit an existing Omnidex data source. With the
exception of the data source name, all settings are editable. To change
the data source name, you must create a new data source.
From
the Main Menu, choose Open.
Data
Source Type
You will be prompted to choose the type of data source that you wish
to open for editing. See Data Source Types for more information about
data source types.
If you chose the Generic or CLOA only Data Source type, the Windows file
chooser dialog is displayed, allowing you to search the file system for
the data source file that you which to open for editing. Generic data
sources have a .dsn file extension and CLOA only data sources have a .ini
file extension. Locate and select the appropriate data source file and
click Open.
If you chose the ODBC USER or ODBC SYSTEM Data Source type, a list of
existing system registry entry data sources (Omnidex only) is displayed.
Click on one of the data sources in the list to display the settings and
options for that data source. Click Edit to open the data source for editing.
More info
Edit
the Data Source
The edit screen allows you to make and save changes to the data source,
check to see if an OdxNet listener is running on the server, connect to
the database and test retrievals, and even delete the data source.
- Click the ODBC options button to change the default ODBC behavior
for this data source.
- Click Check Server to check to see if an OdxNet listener is running
on the server.
- Click Connect to test CLOA and ODBC connections and retrievals.
- Click Delete to delete this data source.
Make any desired changes and click Save to make those changes permanent.
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