2. Register Altibase ADO.NET Data Provider by adding reference

Add "Altibase.Data.AltibaseClient.dll" by right-clicking on "References" in the left project explorer tree and adding a reference as shown below.

1) Right-click on a reference and click "Add Reference"

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2) In the dialog window, go to the Altibase.Data.AltibaseClient.dll path and complete the setting.

When the reference addition is completed, the "Altibase.Data.AltibaseClient" Altibase ADO.NET provider is added to the reference tree of the solution explorer as follows.

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3.  Make odbccli_sl.dll be included in the dynamic library path.

ALTIBASE's ADO.NET library always needs the odbccli_sl.dll file. Therefore, it must be located in a path that can refer to odbccli_sl.dll. There are two ways to refer to odbccli_sl.dll as follows.

3.1 To place the executable file in the folder

If odbccli_sl.dll is placed in the same folder as the executable file, it is referred to in the current path of the executable file.

3.2 To add the path where the odbccli_sl.dll library is located in the environment variable PATH

This is a method of adding the path where odbccli_sl.dll is located in the environment variable PATH. If odbccli_sl.dll is in C:\altibase_client32\lib, add it to PATH as below. Visual Studio can recognize the changed contents of the PATH environment variable only after rerunning Visual Studio.

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Note

Suitable Library must be used for the compilation bit-type of Visual Studio.

Visual Studio allows the user to select 64bit or 32bit for the application's compilation bit with an option.

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