USING MICROSOFT ACCESS FILES FOR WINDOWS MOBILE DEVELOPMENT

[DONALD HARPER]

HI
I AM COMPLETELY NEW TO THE VISUAL STUDIO DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT SO I AM
POSSIBLY DOING SOMETHING WRONG BUT I WANTED TO MAKE USE OF AND OLD
MICROSOFT ACCESS DATA BASE IN THE MOBILE 5.00 PHONE EDITION SDK I TRIED TO
CONNECT TO IT AND TESTED THE CONNECTION AND IT TESTED OUT OK. BUT WHEN I
CLICKED <OK> IT REPORTED THIS DATA BASE IS NOT SUPPORTED. SO MY QUESTIONS
IS CAN I USE A MICROSOFT ACCESS DATA BASE OR MUST I USE SQL SERVER.
DON

 

[Jerry Whittle]

I think that the caps lock key is causing you problems.

 

[John W. Vinson]

HI
I AM COMPLETELY NEW TO THE VISUAL STUDIO DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT SO I AM
POSSIBLY DOING SOMETHING WRONG BUT I WANTED TO MAKE USE OF AND OLD
MICROSOFT ACCESS DATA BASE IN THE MOBILE 5.00 PHONE EDITION SDK I TRIED TO
CONNECT TO IT AND TESTED THE CONNECTION AND IT TESTED OUT OK. BUT WHEN I
CLICKED <OK> IT REPORTED THIS DATA BASE IS NOT SUPPORTED. SO MY QUESTIONS
IS CAN I USE A MICROSOFT ACCESS DATA BASE OR MUST I USE SQL SERVER.
DON

Please turn off the caps. It's hard to read, and considered rude because it
looks like you're SHOUTING AT US.

I would suggest posting the question in a Windows Mobile forum such as
http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsMobile/default.aspx?SiteID=65.


John W. Vinson [MVP]