Error when using |DataDirectory| in connection string

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Carlos - 01 Aug 2008 15:43 GMT

Hi all,

I wanted to have the genereic |DataDirectory| token in the
connection string so that at deployment time I do not need
to know where the application is. When debugging, I saw in text visualizer
that my connection string was :

Data Source = |DataDirectory|\MyDB.sdf;

which I though it was Ok. However, I got the exception:

The path is not valid. Check the directory for the database. [ Path =

|DataDirectory|\MyDB.sdf ]

What did I do wrong?

Thanks for any help.

Carlos.

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Simon Hart [MVP] - 09 Aug 2008 19:26 GMT

I don't know what you mean by |DataDirectory| token but usually for this
kind of thing you'd use the special folder constants within the framework.
This is true for devices as well as desktop operating systems.
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Visual Developer - Device Application Development MVP
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> Hi all,
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> Carlos.

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Laxmi Narsimha Rao Oruganti [MSFT] - 13 Aug 2008 12:54 GMT

1) |DataDirectory| is not supported on .NET CF. It is available only on .NET FX.
2) Read this thread for more details.

Thanks,
Laxmi

>I don't know what you mean by |DataDirectory| token but usually for this
> kind of thing you'd use the special folder constants within the framework.
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