Branding the drivers performs the following actions:

  • Installs a version of the driver files using the vendor file prefix you specified, and updates the installed odbc.ini and odbcinst.ini, as well as the license file. The branded files appear in the directory specified during branding.
  • Changes the message prefix for driver-generated error messages so that messages will display the message prefix you specified.
  • Locks the branded drivers with the vendor password you specified. Your application must supply this password to unlock the branded drivers. See "Unlocking the ODBC drivers" for instructions on unlocking the branded drivers.