how to creat exe file

There are multiple options based on your requirements:

1) If you wanted just an exe file to be deployed, then you have to embed the sql server files inside your exe
as embedded files. On the first run on client machine you have to extract the sql server files to user machine.
This link could help you: http://jeanpaulva.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/saving-an-embedded-file-in-c/

2) If you wanted to create a setup application, you can add the dependency file into the setup project and bundle it.

3) If you needed sql server installation to happen, then setup pre-requisites should be added for it.

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Jean Paul15y ago
There are multiple options based on your requirements:

1) If you wanted just an exe file to be deployed, then you have to embed the sql server files inside your exe
as embedded files. On the first run on client machine you have to extract the sql server files to user machine.
This link could help you: http://jeanpaulva.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/saving-an-embedded-file-in-c/

2) If you wanted to create a setup application, you can add the dependency file into the setup project and bundle it.

3) If you needed sql server installation to happen, then setup pre-requisites should be added for it.