Setup & Deployment to Save files on D/E/F Drive

Prachi Jk

Hello,

I have made one application in C# with MS Access Database. The database file is located on C:/ drive as db.accdb. When I am making setup for this application & running this on another system, every time I want to copy the database file to C:/ drive.

I want to make setup in such a way that the database file will be automatically saved on C:/drive in installation (without copy paste). How to do this?

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SIVA PRASAD12y ago
I'm not sure of it ..But I will refer soon and respond you as soon as possible..But the methodology you asked have certain dis-advantage such that if you place your database file other than application folder sometime you may lead to loss of database / may get corrupted that makes your application unusable.
Prachi Jk12y ago
Hello Sir, Thank you for reply. I have done as you suggested. But the database file is saved to application folder (i.e. C:/Program Files/appli/test/) I want to save it to C: drive or E: drive automatically. How it is possible?
SIVA PRASAD12y ago
In visual studio, under solution explorer just attach your database file in resources folder and specify the path using c# root path query to the database file..Automatically while setup and deployment ,the database is boxed along with the application and need not copy the database file every time ...the database is installed automatically in the installation path of the application.