Re: Getting and Installing
- From: "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:40:14 -0700
You're using it in a way that's not what I do. I'm a Windows CE guy. We
build devices, not desktop applications.
That said, SQLServerCE 3.1 is not for your desktop computer; it's strictly
for Windows CE-based devices, and won't do anything for you as far as
replacing Access as the database in your desktop Windows programs. SQL
Compact 3.5 has two versions, as I said, one for Windows CE devices, and a
compatible one for desktop Windows devices. As Ginny said, you just need
the DLLs put in some suitable location; there is no service, just calls from
your program that create, add to, remove from, and query a database file.
Paul T.
"jp2msft" <jp2msft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Mr. Tobey,
Thanks for the links!
As for installs, I'm looking to get away from MS Access for our WinForms,
but we don't want an IT guy to have to install SQLCE every time someone
wants
to install one of our small apps.
Are there just a few files that could be included? It looks like
SQLServerCE
3.1 is small (1,777 KB) and I could attach this to the Setup file, but
then
our uses would be left to run the SQL setup on their own.
Our uses typically don't want to mess with databases - that's why they
come
to us in the first place! :)
"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:
www.microsoft.com/downloads. Search on "SQL Compact 3.5". The first two
items are the ones that you'd want, one for the PCs and one for Windows
Mobile/Windows CE devices.
I don't quite follow the install question. You can install it on a
Windows
CE-based device, like your Pocket PC. To do that, you generally install
it
on the PC that connects to the device with ActiveSync or Windows Mobile
Device Center (if you have Vista). The next time you connect the device,
the right stuff will be downloaded to it and installed. You can also
install it on your PC for use on the PC (a separate install). When you
do
that, it's just available for us; there's no service that runs it; it's
simply connected to your program code that uses it.
I suppose that you could either include the pieces in the install for
your
application or include the whole installation package and fork off to it
from your application's installer.
Paul T.
"jp2msft" <jp2msft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am a Software Developer, and I love the idea of using SQL Server CE
instead
of Microsoft Access; however, I seem to run into the problem of not
being
able to find the place to download it from! Is it contained in a single
file?
Is it SQL Server CE or 2005 Mobile? I found the Modile Edition SDK, but
does
this include SQL CE?
Next comes the question of how to install it: We have SQL Server 2000
and
SQL Server 2005 here at work, and they require an Administrator to
install
them because it is rather complicated. Is there a place that summarized
how
to install SQL CE (after I find it)?
Once I've got an app running that uses SQL CE, is anything special
required
to install that app on someone's machine that does not already have SQL
CE
installed? This process was very simple using MS Access, but I want to
find
out how to do it using SQL CE.
Thanks.
.
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