Using the Connection Properties dialog box you can set the required and additional properties of a Connection object. The properties are divided between three tabs: General, Authentication, and Miscellaneous.
Note The Connection Properties dialog box is only used by Visual InterDev.
On the Miscellaneous tab, specify other connection properties.
Timeouts
This frame contains the timeout control group of the selected Connection object.
Connection Timeout
The amount of time, in seconds, the provider waits while trying to open the data source. The default is 15 seconds.
Command Timeout
The amount of time, in seconds, the provider waits for a command to return from the server. The default is 30 seconds.
Other
This frame contains the miscellaneous control group properties of the selected Connection object.
Cursor Location
Specifies the location of the cursor library for the Connection object.
Attributes
Specify any additional parameters for this connection string. This is useful when Use OLE DB File or Use ODBC Data Source Name is selected on the General tab of the Connection Properties dialog box, but is available for all three sources.
Note Any string placed here is appended to the ConnectionString property when connecting to the data source.