ADO: ActiveX Data Objects

Appendix D. The ADO Data Control

The ADO Data Control is the third in a line of controls that are used to easily create a connection to a database. The first of these three was the intrinsic Data Control that utilized DAO technology. The next in line was the Remote Data Control that used the RDO technology. What would a data-access technology be without the familiar VCR button-style interface that was called the data control?

The ADO Data Control allows for an easy way to connect to a data source. Once that connection is made, it can be easily bound to data-aware controls such as the DBList and DBCombo controls found in the Microsoft Data Bound List Controls component.