Setup project &Lose data in DB after installing again

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i have a project using DB SQlExpress in C#.i create a setup project to install my project in other systems.now i have 2 questions:
1- how to put files and DB and rpt files and... to my setup project to working exactly right?
2-i create setup file(EXE) and install it on another system and it works,so user works with application and data in DB will change.Now if i uninstall the application from PC and install it again,the DB file will be same as first time!!! and all of changes in DB file will lost!!!
How can solve this problem?

thanks friends

Posted 2-Apr-13 17:44pm

FM7

Updated 3-Apr-13 19:54pm

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**Joezer BH** · Answer 1 · 2013-04-03T20:10:00

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Hi MP59,

Why not create the DB file with configurable name so that the user can decide if he\she\it wishes to override the DB or create a new one?

Should be fairly simple :)

Cheers,
Edo

Posted 3-Apr-13 20:10pm

Joezer BH

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FM7 4-Apr-13 2:15am

How can do that?

Joezer BH 4-Apr-13 3:23am

It depends on your application logic. Where the DB is, the nature of the connections handling.
But in the place you create a DB for the user, you can use a DB name entered by the user, just pop up a little form with the configurations you wish to provide, like DB file name, user pass etc