Hello. I have a program that i have written in vb.net with links to sql tables on a server. My question is.. How can i make this program stand alone?
I want to be able to share it with people that do not have sql installed on their computer. Right now, if i publish the program, it can be installed anywhere and ran, but errors will be thrown because it can obiviously not find the connection to the tables. I do not want to connect back to the original tables here on the server. I don't need that. I just want to be able to give the app to someone, and they will have a app with no data, but will be able to add data to there version of the app. There has to be an easy way right? I have installed many programs, that data is kept, and no sql server is installed. I dont want to make users install sql server, and then install my database instance in sql, and then change the connection strings to make the connection to it. That seems like a huge hassle, expescially if they aren't very computer illiterate. I would appreciate any pointers in the right direction. Thanks! Justin
