How to manually add a Progress OpenEdge ODBC Driver

Launch regedit.exe
Navigate to:
(Windows)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI

(64bit Windows 7)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI

Add/Create the following key:

Progress OpenEdge [XX.XN] Driver

Where [XX.XN] is your available version of the Progress bin. (e.g. 10.2C)

Open the Progress OpenEdge XX.XN Driver key and add the following strings (REG_SZ):

APILevel = "1"

ConnectFunctions = "YYN"

CPTimeout = "60"

DriverODBCVer = "3.50"

FileUsage = "0"

SQLLevel = "0"

UsageCount = "1"

Setup =  "[PATH]\pgoe1023.dll"

Driver = "[PATH]\pgoe1023.dll"

Where [PATH] is the location of the "pgoe1023.dll" library (e.g. "C:\Progress\V102A\bin"). You may place this file anywhere on the local system.

Next, Navigate to:

(Windows)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI\ODBC Drivers

(64bit Windows 7)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI\ODBC Drivers

Add the following string (REG_SZ):

Progress OpenEdge [XX.XN] Driver = "Installed"

Where [XX.XN] is your available version of the Progress bin. (e.g. 10.2C)

You will now see the Progress OE ODBC driver available in the ODBC Manager (SysWoW64 version for Windows 7).