Delphi ADO connection to DBF files hangs when debugging

Question

I'm connecting to DBF files using Delphi 2009 ADO components and this connection string:

Driver={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)};DriverID=277;Dbq=c:\mypath;

If c:\mypath doesn't exist, and I run the application inside the debugger, my app hangs. No exception is raised.

If I run the application without debugging, an exception is properly raised.

To reproduce I just create a new application, dropped an TADOConnection on the form, set the connection string and added this code to the OnCreate of the form:

ADOConnection1.Connected := True;

Any ideas?

Thanks

Answer 1

Can you please send a code snipped (and the property values).

I tried the connection string and got a decent exception.

Maybe you have some exceptions filtered?

Answer 2

You could try Advantage Database Server components from Sybase to connect to .dbf files. They work better than ADO for this.