MyDSN is just a name, this kind of ODBC connection is called DSN-Less
connection. Checkout:
http://www.carlprothman.net/Technology/ConnectionStrings/ODBCDSNLess/tabid/90/Default.aspx

HTH
Javier

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "delphi_guru5792"
<delphi_guru5792@...> wrote:

>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Ivan Grozny <mt_headed99@>
> wrote:
> >
> > fbConn.ConnectionString = "Provider=MSDASQL.1;Persist Security
> Info=False;" _
> > & "Extended Properties=" _
> > & "DSN=MyDSN;Driver=Firebird/InterBase(r) driver;" _
> > & "Dbname=" & fbDataBase & ";CHARSET=NONE;" _
> > & "UID=" & fbUser & ";PASSWORD=" & fbPassword & ";" _
> > & "Role=admin;Client=" & App.Path & "\fbembed.dll "
>
> How was MyDSN created? In The ODBC Manager?
> Being able to copy my app and a few DLLs into an install dir makes
> installation easy, but how do we create the DSN, so the client does
> not have to?
> Sam
>