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The Order Database Properties screen allows you to configure the properties of your order database. These properties are used through the ordering and checkout process for your Web site.
What does this do? This first toggle is to determine your choice of using either a DSN-less connection or Named DSN Connection. The DSN-less Connection is simply a relative path to the default order database. For advanced users, this connection will be made directly to the order database named shop.mdb created by SalesCart in the /fpdb folder. This will be a DSN-less connection and will be relatively defined in the global.asa file.
Default? DSN-less Connection(relative Path)
If you choose Named DSN Connection, the rest of the Dialog screen will "un-grey" to reveal additional choices.
What does this do? This is where you specify the specific name of a DSN (Data Source Name). You may create a new DSN, by selecting the Hourglass Folder Icon 
which will run the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator. Once you have created a new DSN or found the DSN you want to use, you can type the name in. If you are unfamiliar with the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator, you should switch the toggle back to the default DSN-less Connection (First-time users)
Default? SalesCart1
What does this do? Leave the default username for the database blank and leave the password field blank. These fields are necessary only if you intend to protect your database with a username and password. The database that comes by default is not password protected, so filling out these fields will keep SalesCart from working unless they are added and changed to the database. This is an additional level of security provided for in SalesCart that you can use to protect your database orders for Advanced Users. You can always rerun the wizard if you wish to change these values later. Refer to Access documentation for more information on protecting your database with a name and password.
Default? Both Blank
Security Warning: Using a username and password on your order database only secures the database if someone inadvertently finds a way to download it. However, you should be aware that the username and password required to access this database afford only mild security because they are both stored un-encrypted in the global.asa file. For this reason, the method is typically not recommended and not really even necessary and is merely provided for advanced users.
WARNING! To secure your database from download the virtual directory permissions of the /fpdb folder must be Write only and Read MUST be Unchecked. Refer to the Using an ISP or your shop.mdb will NOT be secure.
Otherwise, if your order database requires a username or password to access it, enter those values now.
When you have completed entering all of the Order Database Properties, click Next.