as400 connection via vba excel macro | provider can't be found

Question

I need to connect to As400 via vba excel macro. I am using the following connection string:

strCon = "PROVIDER=IBMDA400;DATA SOURCE= xxxxx" & "; USER ID=" & UserId & "; PASSWORD=" & pwd
con.Open strCon

But i am getting following error. Can someone help me in figuring out if i need to make any additional settings to y macro or if my connection string itself is incorrect.

Answer 1

Did RockBoro sugestion help you fix your problem? If not you may want to try another avenue to test the signon process use this string I have tested successfully (which my ip of course). Con.Open "provider=IBMDA400;data source=89.31.143.1"

if a manual sign on screen opens you know there is a problem with the signon to your system.