How to Create .exe file with Windows form and SQL Server Database

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I have created a windows form application with C#.Net, SQL Server and Crystal Report. Now i want to create an exe file of that application. please help me to do so. I had tried VS 2010 publish wizard but it cannot bind the database files.

Posted 18-Mar-13 0:58am

Chiranjib Chowdhury

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CHill60 18-Mar-13 7:14am

Are you trying to copy the entire database to the target machine (unlikely if it's SQL Server), or is this a networked application? Use Improve question link to add details of how you are trying to implement this application

Chiranjib Chowdhury 19-Mar-13 3:16am

No, this is not a networked app. i want to copy the entire database to the target machine when then user will install the setup.exe of this app.

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CHill60 · Answer 1 · 2013-03-18T23:21:00

Firstly you need to be aware that the target machine will need to have SQL Server already installed on it ... unless you are using something like SQLLite, LocalDB, MySql etc etc.

You will need to script something to copy the database across ... have a look at this article Deploy SQL Server databases easily with an Installer class[^]

If you are using one of the smaller footprint sql-lokk-alikes then check the documentation for them to see which files you will need to copy across into your application folder (e.g. for sqllite it's SQLite DLL, and MSVCRT.DLL)

Braj_12 · Answer 2 · 2013-03-18T01:50:00

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Automatically .exe file created in windows application but if you want to create setup.exe of your application then go through setup wizard..

Posted 18-Mar-13 1:50am

Braj_12

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CHill60 19-Mar-13 5:16am

... and what about the database?

Braj_12 19-Mar-13 5:26am

you can create setup.exe to create a package of your application.

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