Checking Communication Between DxDataBook and the ODBC Data Source

You can use Excel to check if the DSN is correctly setup for any source database (Access, SQL, text, Excel). This is a great trouble shooting method if you are having issues in your DxDataBook. Take a look at this TechNote which could be helpful:

http://supportnet.mentor.com/?do=reference.technote&id=MG583513&prod=C119-S123-G145-P10233&lang=en&snw_source=pro&referringNode=portal