FM 8.5 and VB.Net Windows Application(using Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite)

[kathyj]

I am planning to include an ODBC Installer in our windows application that adds information to our FileMaker DB from different users around the globe but encountered a problem, how can I make a DSN-less connection? there are a lot of suggestions that was pointing me in using RDAC but we are using FileMaker 8.5 and I have read from "www.filemaker.com/downloads/documentation/fm8_converting_databases.pdf" that 'The Local Data Access Companion (LDAC) and the Remote Data Access Companion (RDAC) are no longer supported.' in I think, versions lower than Filemaker 7.

I have found this DSN-less connection in several resources but it requires RDAC:

(FileMaker's Remote Data Access Companion (RDAC) plug-in needs to be enabled, even if FileMaker is installed on the same machine as the application / website. Use this: AllAsText=0;ApplicationUsingThreads=1;FetchChunkSize=100;Driver=FileMaker Pro;FileOpenCache=0;IntlSort=0;MaxTextlength=255;ServerAddress=127.0.0.1; TranslationOption=0;UseRemoteConnection=1;)

Any suggestions guys? :