What is the message you are getting when it is trying to connect? If you are running SQL Server Express and installed with the defaults, by default you cannot use the localhost reference and must address the server with the machine name and instance: MYCOMPUTER\SQLEXPRESS . Make sure the StrataFrame, StrataFrameInternal, and StrataFrameSample databases were installed in your SQL Server instance. If so, then do the following:- Click on the StrataFrame menu item within Visual Studio
- Click Database Connection...
- Select the StrataFrame Data Store item and click the Edit button
- The first page shown will just be the name and description so click Next >
- Make sure that the Server is pointing to the correct SQL Server instance. The database cannot be changed since this is the StrataFrame connection.
- Click Next and then Finish.
This will make sure that your StrataFrame connection is setup so that the Busines Object Mapper, DDT, Security, and Messaging can be run. If you are having an issue connecting your sample application to a database then this is a different scenario. This gets setup in the AppMain.vb or program.cs file. Let me know if this does not get you going.