Hello, all, just signed on...

This may be way off the beaten path but I'm hoping this subject has come up before.
I have a problem with connecting 64-bit AutoCad to Excel for datalinking.
Can anyone think of a patch or something for Excel that works in concert with "64-bit AutoCad to support the use of Microsoft OLE DB provider for ODBC drivers (for XLS connectivity)?" (straight out of an AutoCad Help file).

We have set ourselves up with 64-bit ProE and 64-bit AutoCad LT on 64-bit XP Professional and were really wanting to take advantage of the Datalinking features. We were not aware that 64-bit AutoCad does not work with either Microsoft Jet OLE DB or the aforementioned ODBC drivers without an SQL Server or locally installed SQL, which just won't work for us.

Am I wasting your time? Is this an AutoCad problem?

Thanks,
Dan