The ADO.NET Connection Editor enables you to edit the repository that stores the connection information used by the OpenESQL managed run-time when a COBOL program connects to an ADO.NET data provider. The repository is a standard .NET Framework repository, machine.config. This enables mixed language applications to share connection strings.
The OpenESQL run time supports any ADO.NET provider that supports the DbProviderFactory API.
We recommend that you automatically catalog ODBC data providers by setting the Automatically catalog data source on CONNECT option for the OpenESQL Assistant rather than cataloging them using the ADO.NET Connection Editor. The ODBC Data Provider supplied by the DbProviderFactory API is a generic provider and provides few options.
This does not apply to COBOL Server.
You can start the ADO.NET Connection Editor from your desktop or from the OpenESQL Assistant IDE. The option to start from your desktop is given to enable easy access to the tool when deploying applications manually.