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JET to SQL Converter

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A library to convert a JET database to SQL 'CREATE TABLE' statements
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;

namespace SQL_Outputter
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for WinForm.
	/// </summary>
	public class WinForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button button2;
		private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox2;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button button3;

		public WinForm()
		{
			//
			// Required for Windows Form Designer support
			//
			InitializeComponent();

			//
			// TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
			//
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		protected override void Dispose (bool disposing)
		{
			if (disposing)
			{
				if (components != null)
				{
					components.Dispose();
				}
			}
			base.Dispose(disposing);
		}

		#region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
			this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.textBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
			this.button2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.textBox2 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
			this.button3 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// button1
			// 
			this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 24);
			this.button1.Name = "button1";
			this.button1.TabIndex = 0;
			this.button1.Text = "Database";
			this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
			// 
			// textBox1
			// 
			this.textBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(96, 24);
			this.textBox1.Name = "textBox1";
			this.textBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(176, 20);
			this.textBox1.TabIndex = 1;
			this.textBox1.Text = "";
			// 
			// button2
			// 
			this.button2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 72);
			this.button2.Name = "button2";
			this.button2.TabIndex = 2;
			this.button2.Text = "Output File";
			this.button2.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button2_Click);
			// 
			// textBox2
			// 
			this.textBox2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(96, 72);
			this.textBox2.Name = "textBox2";
			this.textBox2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(176, 20);
			this.textBox2.TabIndex = 3;
			this.textBox2.Text = "";
			// 
			// button3
			// 
			this.button3.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(48, 136);
			this.button3.Name = "button3";
			this.button3.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(192, 32);
			this.button3.TabIndex = 4;
			this.button3.Text = "Go!!!";
			this.button3.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button3_Click);
			// 
			// WinForm
			// 
			this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
			this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(296, 237);
			this.Controls.Add(this.button3);
			this.Controls.Add(this.textBox2);
			this.Controls.Add(this.button2);
			this.Controls.Add(this.textBox1);
			this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
			this.Name = "WinForm";
			this.Text = "WinForm";
			this.ResumeLayout(false);
		}
		#endregion

		/// <summary>
		/// The main entry point for the application.
		/// </summary>
		[STAThread]
		static void Main() 
		{
			Application.Run(new WinForm());
		}
		
		private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog dlg = new System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog();

			dlg.InitialDirectory = this.textBox1.Text;
			dlg.Filter = "Access Databases|*.mdb|All files|*.*";

			if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) {
				   this.textBox1.Text = dlg.FileName;
				   this.textBox2.Text = dlg.FileName.Remove(dlg.FileName.Length - 4, 4) + ".sql";
			}
		}
		
		private void button2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			System.Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog dlg = new System.Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog();

			if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) {
				this.textBox2.Text = dlg.FileName;
			}
		}
		
		private void button3_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			JetDBReader.SQLWriter getter = new JetDBReader.SQLWriter(this.textBox1.Text);

			string sql = getter.GetSQLString();

			System.IO.StreamWriter output = new System.IO.StreamWriter(this.textBox2.Text);

			output.Write(sql);

			output.Close();

			MessageBox.Show("Finished!!");

		}
	}
}

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