using System; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Data.Odbc; namespace WindowsApplication1 { public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { string connetionString = null; OdbcConnection cnn ; connetionString = "Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=yourdatabasename.mdb;"; cnn = new OdbcConnection(connetionString); try { cnn.Open(); MessageBox.Show ("Connection Open ! "); cnn.Close(); } catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show("Can not open connection ! "); } } } }