C#

using System;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

namespace DbUtils {
    public class DataTools
    {
        public static String username = null;
        public static String password = null;

        public static SqlConnection GetConnection()
        {
            String connection = "database=mydb; network address=myserver; network library=dbnmpntw; "
            if(username != null)
                connection += "user id=\"" + username + "\"; ";
            if(password != null)
                connection += "password=\"" + password + "\"; ";

            return new SqlConnection(connection);
        }
    }
}

SqlConnection conn = DbUtils.DataTools.GetConnection();

MS did a last-minute change in deployment strategy!<br />
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.NET Framework Deployment Guide:<br />
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<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetframedepguid.asp" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetframedepguid.asp</a><br />
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and in special for VS.NET and .msm:<br />
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<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/vsredistdeploy.asp" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/vsredistdeploy.asp</a><br />
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the solution seems to be a 'Bootstrapper' hack.....<br />
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<br />
  Thomas

"Not be to confused with 'The VD Project'. Which would be a very bad pr0n flick. " - Michael P Butler Jan. 18, 2002