open .dbf(visual foxpro) file type 48 with ado?

hi ive got a couple of .dbf files which i need to read using vb6.. ive read in plenty of threads that i could get it working by the conventional adodb connection.. but the modification in connection string doesn't seem to work.. they are filetype 48(visual foxpro files) . if anyone could help, it'd be gr8..
am attaching a sample file in the zip, if anyone out there would like to test it.. thanks a lot :)