How to Create Setup of Winforms Application in C#.net with SqlServer Database

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Hi I m trying to make a Setup project for winForms Application, How to attach path of Database, when I execute exe file connection string will not be change.

Is any body has solution ??????

Posted 6-Apr-10 8:49am

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Not Active · Answer 1 · 2010-04-06T09:17:00

Solution 1

Do you mean you are distributing a database file with your application? Then the path is relative to the application.

Posted 6-Apr-10 9:17am

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Tim Yen · Answer 2 · 2010-04-06T12:26:00

Is it a standard windows setup project?

If so you have to use one of the inbuilt variables to get your relative location or have a field that gets filled in by the user when they install. You can assign a variable/name to the field and use this variable in a custom action to modify the config file where you store your database connection string.

Google for "setup and deployment" and you'll get links like

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235317%28VS.80%29.aspx[^]

Maybe a setup and deploy tutorial like http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d9k65z2d%28VS.80%29.aspx[^] might help