XL97: General ODBC Error Running Macro from Excel for Macintosh

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 Sub Macro1()

    With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _
       "ODBC;DRIVER={Microsoft 3.01 dBASE PPC};DATABASE=" & _
       "HD:Microsoft Office 98:Sample Files:Sample Databases" _
       , Destination:=Range("A1"))

       .Sql = Array( _
       "SELECT CUSTOMER.CUSTMR_ID, CUSTOMER.COMPANY, CUSTOMER.CONTACT," & _
       "CUSTOMER.CON_TITLE, CUSTOMER.ADDRESS, CUSTOMER.CITY," & _
       "CUSTOMER.REGION, CUSTOMER.ZIP_CODE, CUSTOMER.COUNTRY," & _
       "CUSTOMER.PHONE, CUSTOMER.FAX" & vbLf & "FROM CUSTOMER CUSTOMER")

        .FieldNames = True
        .RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
        .RowNumbers = False
        .FillAdjacentFormulas = False
        .RefreshOnFileOpen = False
        .HasAutoFormat = True
        .BackgroundQuery = True
        .TablesOnlyFromHTML = True
        .Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
        .SavePassword = True
        .SaveData = True
    End With
 End Sub
				

If you run Macro1 in Excel 97, you will receive the error message described in the "Symptoms" section. To adapt this macro so it will run in both Excel 97 for Windows and Excel 98 Macintosh, change it to the following:

 Sub cross_plat()

 Dim mytable As QueryTable
 Dim opsys As String

 opsys = Application.OperatingSystem

 If InStr(opsys, "Windows") > 0 Then

   Set mytable = ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:=Array(Array( _
      "ODBC;CollatingSequence=ASCII;" & _
      "DBQ=D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office;" & _
      "DefaultDir=D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office;Delete" _
      ), Array("d=1;Driver={Microsoft dBase Driver (*.dbf)};" & _
      "DriverId=533;FIL=dBase III;ImplicitCommitSync=Yes;" & _
      "MaxBufferSize=512;MaxScanRows=8;P"), Array( _
      "ageTimeout=600;SafeTransactions=0;Statistics=0;Threads=3;" & _
      "UserCommitSync=Yes;")), Destination:=Range("A1"))

      mytable.Sql = Array( _
      "SELECT Customer.CUSTMR_ID, Customer.COMPANY, Customer.CITY," & _
      "Customer.REGION" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) & _
      "FROM `D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office`\Customer.dbf " & _
      "Customer")
 Else

    Set mytable = ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _
       "ODBC;DRIVER={Microsoft 3.01 dBASE PPC};DATABASE=" & _
       "HD:Microsoft Office 98:Sample Files:Sample Databases" _
       , Destination:=Range("A1"))

       mytable.Sql = Array( _
       "SELECT CUSTOMER.CUSTMR_ID, CUSTOMER.COMPANY, CUSTOMER.CONTACT," & _
       "CUSTOMER.CON_TITLE, CUSTOMER.ADDRESS, CUSTOMER.CITY," & _
       "CUSTOMER.REGION, CUSTOMER.ZIP_CODE, CUSTOMER.COUNTRY," & _
       "CUSTOMER.PHONE, CUSTOMER.FAX" & vbLf & "FROM CUSTOMER CUSTOMER")

 End If

   With mytable
      .FieldNames = True
      .RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
      .RowNumbers = False
      .FillAdjacentFormulas = False
      .RefreshOnFileOpen = False
      .HasAutoFormat = True
      .BackgroundQuery = True
      .TablesOnlyFromHTML = True
      .Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
      .SavePassword = True
      .SaveData = True
   End With
 End Sub
				

NOTE: The change in the Cross_Plat macro is the addition of an If-Then-Else structure that tests for the operating system under which Excel is running. Based on the operating system, the macro will use one of two connection strings.