i am using sql server ce 3.5  my oledb provider is Microsoft.SQLSERVER.CE.OLEDB.3.5.  how do i modify appmain.vb to use this?  i don't think the connection wizard handles this but i could be wrong.  can someone step this beginner through whats necessary to hook my app up to the compact edition? 

Thanks in advance!

Mike

Hey Mike.

Try the following:

1. Close down all Visual Studio Instances
2. Open two Explorer Windows.  Navigate one to the "C:\Program Files\MicroFour\StrataFrame Source Code\MicroFour StrataFrame Base\bin" folder and the other to the "C:\Windows\Assembly" folder.
3. select the "MicroFour StrataFrame Base.dll" from the bin folder
4. Drag the selected file into the "c:\windows\assembly" folder (GAC)
5. Also copy the "MicroFour StrataFrame Base.dll" and the "microfour strataframe base.xml" to the "c:\program files\common files\microfour\strataframe" folder
6. Your assemblies will now be on the latest build.
7. Go back into Visual Studio

Well...you know, the other day Charles Hankey sent me something prior to the Browns game...and well, we know how that turned out.  So I will wait until next Tuesday before I say too much...but when the Boys win ... then I will have more to say

Oh...and Ivan's suggestions look good, Mike 

Thank you will try. 

Do you know if by getting that error that anything was rebuilt?  do i need to take out the post build event out to get it to rebuild successfully first?

Thanks again everyone!

Well, Ivan was telling you how to get back to ground zero.  The AfterBuild.bat file is actually distributed with the source code, but the PostBuild event is just looking for it on the c:\ folder.  So you can copy the AfterBuild.bat to the c:\ and then it will work from that point forward.

Secondly, you should not be changing the SF source code, which it sounds like you are doing.  You should create your DbDataSourceItem in one of your assemblied, not the SF base assembly.  You NEVER want to change the SF source if you plan to ever receive another update.  This is why you want to create your own base assembly which references the SF Base and then either inherit and override logic or create your SF inherited classes there so that when you get a new version of SF it doesn't wipe out your code and require you to go back and keep putting things in.