Linking .udl file to .mdb or .accdb in programming

I`m working on the database toolkits. I can manually create an .udl file andlink to .mdb or .accdb file. Can this be done through programmatically from LabVIEW?

gnshmrthy wrote:
Hi Ranjeet,
I`m not using two different extension files i`m using either .mdl or .accdb file for an single .udl file.
Let me be more clear here I`m linking an test.udl file with the test.accdb. I can manually link the file by selecting the OLED function and specifying the path but I need to do this in program so every time when I run the program I can retrive those data if I have entered already.
The UDL is a text file, which you'll see if you open it in Notepad.
However, as suggested, it's alot easier to use 2 UDLs and choose/select between them.
/Y
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